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MSPH Program Admissions Requirements

  • A baccalaureate degree with a B+ average is required.  Courses in calculus and linear algebra are encouraged.
  • A minimum combined GRE score of 1100 with math score equal to or greater than verbal score. Students with lower GRE scores but solid academic performance or prior public health    experience and good letters of recommendation may be admitted as Special Students to be evaluated at the end of their first semester for full admission into the program.
  • Three favorable letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the applicant’s academics or work experience qualifications.
  • A career statement indicating the applicant’s reasons for choosing the Biostatistics program.
  • Official signed and sealed transcript(s) from accredited undergraduate university.
  • Foreign students must have a TOEFL score of at least: 
             - Internet version: 90
             - Computer version: 250
             - Paper version: 600

    Admission to the MSPH program is administered through the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine admissions office. Please visit their site to review the application process.

     Apply Online

MS in Biostatistics Program Admissions Requirements

  • A baccalaureate degree with a B+ average is required.  Courses in calculus and linear algebra are required.
  • A minimum combined GRE score of 1100 with math score equal to or greater than verbal score. Students with lower GRE scores but solid academic performance or prior public health experience and good letters of recommendation may be admitted as Special Students to be evaluated at the end of their first semester for full admission into the program.
  • Three favorable letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the applicant’s academics or work experience qualifications.
  • A career statement indicating the applicant’s reasons for choosing the Biostatistics program.
  • Official signed and sealed transcript(s) from accredited undergraduate university.
  • Foreign students must have a TOEFL score of at least:
            
    - Internet version: 90
            -
    Computer version: 250
            
    - Paper version: 600

    Admission to the MS in Biostatistics program is administered through the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine admissions office. Please visit their site to review the application process.

     Apply Online

MS in Bioinformatics Program Admissions Requirements

Students will be admitted in program from Fall 2010

  • A baccalaureate degree with a B+ average is required in any of the following disciplines: mathematics and statistics, health informatics, computer sciences, engineering, or biology with a strong background in computational and data analysis in biological sciences. Courses in calculus and linear algebra are required.
  • A minimum combined GRE score of 1100 with math score equal to or greater than verbal score. Students with lower GRE scores but solid academic performance or prior public health experience and good letters of recommendation may be admitted as Special Students to be evaluated at the end of their first semester for full admission into the program.
  • Three favorable letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the applicant’s academics or work experience qualifications.
  • A career statement indicating the applicant’s reasons for choosing the Biostatistics program.
  • Official signed and sealed transcript(s) from accredited undergraduate university.
  • Foreign students must have a TOEFL score of at least:
            - Internet version: 90
            - Computer version: 250
            - Paper version: 600
    Admission to the MS in Bioinformatics program is administered through the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine admissions office. Please visit their site to review the application process

PHD Program Admissions Requirements

  • A masters degree in statistics or related field or a baccalaureate degree with an A- average in basic sciences and mathematics. Courses in calculus and linear algebra are required.
  • A minimum combined verbal and quantitative GRE score of 1200 with math score equal to or greater than verbal score.
  • Three favorable letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the applicant’s academics or work experience qualifications.
  • A career statement indicating the applicant’s reasons for choosing the Biostatistics program.
  • Official signed and sealed transcript(s) from accredited undergraduate university.
  • Foreign students must have a TOEFL score of at least:
           - Internet version: 90
           -
    Computer version: 250
           -
    Paper version: 600

    Admission to thePhD program is administered through the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine admissions office. Please visit their site to review the application process.

     Apply Online

 

Department of Biostatistics
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
1440 Canal Street, Suite 2001, New Orleans, La 70112
504.988.5164 phn  504.988.1706 fax
sgautie@tulane.edu


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