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Colleges Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings Employment
Microbiology & Immunology 92 2,509 36% / 64% 3% $68,899 96%
Microbiology 76 1,781 37% / 63% 3% $68,476 96%
Microbiology and Cell Science 1 207 35% / 65% 0% $71,180 93%
Microbiology and Immunology 8 195 37% / 63% 2% $65,620 96%
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics 1 152 28% / 72% 4% $67,026 94%
Microbial Biology 1 73 34% / 66% 11% $88,774 100%
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology 2 65 38% / 62% 2% $64,646 100%
Medical Microbiology 1 18 33% / 67% 0% $76,360
Immunology 1 15 33% / 67% 0% $63,351
Infectious Disease and Global Health 1 3 33% / 67% 33% $62,219

Showing 92 colleges, 9 majors, 2,509 degrees in this category.

# University Major Degrees ▼ Rank Tier Accept RD Yield Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male/Female White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT SAT p25 SAT p75 Submit %
1 U. of California, Berkeley Microbial Biology 73 16% 46% $88,774 99 +2.48 86 100% — 34% / 66% 29% 32% 5% 16% 11% — — — —
2 U. of Wisconsin - La Crosse Microbiology 15 74% 43% $88,649 97 +2.47 92 97% — 40% / 60% 73% 7% 0% 13% 0% 1110 1310 34% —
3 U. of Idaho Microbiology 17 75% 20% $82,220 96 +1.60 85 94% — 24% / 76% 53% 6% 6% 12% 0% 1000 1230 57% —
4 Virginia Tech Microbiology 23 70% 20% $81,390 95 +1.49 84 96% — 43% / 57% 65% 22% 4% 4% 0% 1280 1440 50% —
5 U. of Massachusetts - Amherst Microbiology 46 60% 17% $80,317 94 +1.35 82 100% — 39% / 61% 33% 37% 7% 11% 4% 1340 1480 28% —
6 U. of Iowa Microbiology 30 80% 22% $80,151 92 +1.33 82 100% — 33% / 67% 77% 7% 0% 10% 0% 1140 1320 82% —
7 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor Microbiology 22 3 🥈 16% 45% $79,410 91 +1.23 62 91% — 45% / 55% 50% 5% 5% 14% 9% 1380 1530 73% —
8 U. of Georgia Microbiology 36 34% 38% $78,723 90 +1.13 82 84% — 39% / 61% 64% 14% 6% 8% 0% 1260 1420 100% —
9 Ohio State Microbiology 52 49% 21% $78,253 89 +1.07 76 98% — 37% / 63% 54% 23% 0% 6% 8% 1310 1440 67% —
10 U. of California, Santa Barbara Microbiology 19 42% 12% $77,844 87 +1.02 75 100% — 32% / 68% 47% 26% 0% 16% 0% — — — —
11 Auburn Microbiology 33 47% 24% $77,766 86 +1.00 78 100% — 36% / 64% 79% 15% 3% 0% 0% 1290 1360 90% —
12 Chico State Microbiology 22 91% 10% $77,738 85 +1.00 87 97% — 50% / 50% 36% 5% 0% 45% 5% 950 1170 4% —
13 U. of Pittsburgh Microbiology 41 59% 13% $76,682 84 +0.86 76 100% — 37% / 63% 63% 27% 5% 5% 0% 1290 1460 50% —
14 Mississippi State Microbiology 22 84% 18% $76,460 82 +0.83 79 89% — 9% / 91% 73% 5% 14% 9% 0% 1010 1230 88% —
15 Pennsylvania State Medical Microbiology 18 55% 16% $76,360 82 +0.82 74 — — 33% / 67% 83% 6% 0% 6% 0% 1290 1410 34% —
16 North Dakota State Microbiology 10 92% 32% $76,284 81 +0.81 84 100% — 10% / 90% 80% 10% 0% 10% 0% — — — —
17 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities Microbiology 27 65% 22% $75,595 80 +0.71 76 94% — 26% / 74% 70% 15% 0% 11% 4% 1310 1500 41% —
18 Washington State Microbiology 15 86% 19% $75,236 80 +0.66 81 100% — 33% / 67% 60% 7% 7% 20% 7% — — — —
19 U. of Nevada, Reno Microbiology and Immunology 30 83% 24% $74,781 79 +0.60 80 91% — 43% / 57% 53% 27% 0% 10% 3% 1070 1280 77% —
20 North Carolina State Microbiology 38 40% 30% $74,707 77 +0.59 77 100% — 37% / 63% 61% 16% 3% 5% 0% 1320 1440 40% —
21 U. of Wyoming Microbiology 16 95% 23% $74,228 76 +0.53 79 91% — 44% / 56% 88% 6% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
22 Montana State Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology 55 99% 19% $74,221 75 +0.53 75 100% — 35% / 65% 78% 0% 0% 15% 0% 1080 1290 43% —
23 U. of Washington Microbiology 64 42% 23% $74,180 72 +0.52 74 96% — 23% / 77% 22% 39% 3% 16% 9% 1330 1500 24% —
24 Purdue Microbiology and Immunology 15 46% 25% $74,050 71 +0.51 76 — — 40% / 60% 60% 20% 0% 0% 13% 1340 1510 100% —
25 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Microbiology 9 30% 26% $73,034 70 +0.37 78 100% — 33% / 67% 67% 0% 0% 22% 11% 1250 1420 23% —
26 Rutgers University - New Brunswick Microbiology 13 68% 21% $72,879 70 +0.35 76 — — 31% / 69% 23% 31% 15% 23% 8% 1320 1500 55% —
27 Brigham Young Microbiology 95 68% 81% $72,590 68 +0.31 85 91% — 61% / 39% 78% 3% 0% 9% 3% 1300 1430 54% —
28 Colorado State University - Fort Collins Microbiology 0 89% 16% $72,458 66 +0.29 74 — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 U. of California, Riverside Microbiology 36 83% 13% $72,444 65 +0.29 68 89% — 33% / 67% 11% 44% 3% 39% 0% — — — —
30 U. of California, Santa Cruz Microbiology 10 77% 10% $72,242 64 +0.26 67 — — 70% / 30% 30% 30% 10% 30% 0% — — — —
31 U. of California, San Diego Microbiology 58 1 🥇 33% 20% $72,233 63 +0.26 62 94% — 50% / 50% 33% 34% 2% 17% 2% — — — —
32 U. of Kansas Microbiology 26 93% 25% $72,080 61 +0.24 74 100% — 50% / 50% 58% 12% 0% 12% 12% 1090 1280 58% —
33 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Microbiology and Immunology 9 60% 7% $72,013 61 +0.23 71 — — 44% / 56% 11% 44% 0% 33% 0% 1120 1380 41% —
34 Quinnipiac Microbiology and Immunology 3 60% 11% $71,743 60 +0.20 59 — — 67% / 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1160 1320 25% —
35 Michigan State Microbiology 38 83% 18% $71,709 59 +0.19 64 96% — 53% / 47% 68% 13% 3% 13% 0% 1110 1310 58% —
36 U. of Florida Microbiology and Cell Science 207 20% 41% $71,180 55 +0.12 76 93% 6.8% 35% / 65% 40% 23% 6% 23% 0% 1340 1490 100% —
37 Weber State Microbiology 51 100% — $71,045 49 +0.10 80 96% — 53% / 47% 78% 6% 0% 12% 0% — — — —
38 U. of California, Davis Microbiology 109 4 🥉 50% 14% $70,862 46 +0.08 62 97% — 41% / 59% 23% 40% 1% 22% 6% — — — —
39 Cal State Long Beach Microbiology 25 46% 15% $70,250 44 -0.01 81 100% — 36% / 64% 16% 28% 0% 56% 0% — — — —
40 West Virginia Microbiology and Immunology 20 85% 25% $70,071 43 -0.03 72 — — 35% / 65% 70% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1020 1220 82% —
41 Texas Tech Microbiology 46 69% 27% $70,002 41 -0.04 76 97% — 43% / 57% 33% 26% 7% 24% 0% 1100 1280 44% —
42 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Microbiology 58 41% 28% $69,892 39 -0.05 62 98% — 40% / 60% 55% 16% 5% 9% 5% 1410 1480 41% —
43 U. of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Microbiology 3 90% 21% $69,841 38 -0.06 79 — — 67% / 33% 67% 33% 0% 0% 0% 930 1170 30% —
44 U. of Maine Microbiology 18 85% 15% $69,343 38 -0.13 67 — — 33% / 67% 89% 0% 0% 6% 0% — — — —
45 Utah Valley Microbiology 2 100% — $69,305 37 -0.13 78 — — 0% / 100% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% — — — —
46 Texas A&M - College Station Microbiology 15 45% 38% $68,750 37 -0.21 64 — — 27% / 73% 60% 33% 0% 7% 0% 1150 1320 95% —
47 U. of Missouri Microbiology 16 77% 31% $67,879 36 -0.32 63 — — 31% / 69% 75% 6% 13% 6% 0% 1160 1330 76% —
48 Oklahoma State Microbiology 58 74% 25% $67,799 35 -0.33 69 94% — 12% / 88% 60% 3% 0% 16% 0% 1070 1250 80% —
49 Indiana Microbiology 17 76% 18% $67,467 33 -0.38 56 94% — 35% / 65% 47% 18% 0% 18% 6% 1160 1350 58% —
50 Iowa State Microbiology 23 88% 28% $67,391 33 -0.39 66 100% — 26% / 74% 61% 4% 0% 17% 9% 1160 1360 57% —
51 Louisiana State Microbiology 24 71% 23% $67,260 32 -0.41 66 — — 25% / 75% 75% 0% 0% 8% 4% 1190 1340 47% —
52 Clemson Microbiology 50 42% 18% $67,169 30 -0.42 58 94% — 14% / 86% 66% 10% 2% 14% 0% 1260 1400 57% —
53 Washington University in St Louis Microbiology 13 12% 24% $67,133 29 -0.42 26 — — 23% / 77% 23% 46% 15% 0% 0% 1510 1550 61% —
54 UCLA Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics 152 2 🥇 13% 48% $67,026 25 -0.44 55 94% — 28% / 72% 25% 41% 3% 14% 4% — — — —
55 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Microbiology 35 80% 30% $67,026 25 -0.44 67 94% — 34% / 66% 69% 6% 0% 3% 11% 1100 1330 89% —
56 U. of Oklahoma - Norman Microbiology 21 78% 27% $66,765 21 -0.47 66 98% — 33% / 67% 48% 19% 0% 5% 19% 1170 1310 65% —
57 U. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Microbiology 6 89% 23% $65,968 20 -0.58 70 90% — 17% / 83% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% 930 1170 66% —
58 U. of Vermont Microbiology 14 73% 13% $65,703 20 -0.62 51 100% — 29% / 71% 71% 7% 0% 7% 0% 1310 1430 40% —
59 Miami University - Ohio Microbiology 28 74% 13% $65,543 19 -0.64 53 100% — 39% / 61% 82% 4% 4% 4% 4% 1230 1390 32% —
60 U. of Michigan - Dearborn Microbiology 4 69% 14% $65,334 18 -0.67 61 — — 50% / 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 25% 1000 1250 59% —
61 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Microbiology 4 94% 15% $65,301 18 -0.67 76 — — 50% / 50% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% 900 1180 48% —
62 U. of Arizona Microbiology 30 84% 16% $64,953 17 -0.72 54 97% — 23% / 77% 47% 3% 7% 27% 3% 1160 1420 29% —
63 U. of Alabama Microbiology 7 71% 18% $64,910 17 -0.72 58 — — 43% / 57% 86% 0% 14% 0% 0% 1110 1360 72% —
64 Northwestern State University of Louisiana Microbiology 3 95% 41% $64,583 17 -0.77 68 — — 33% / 67% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% 920 1110 93% —
65 Grand Valley State Microbiology 1 93% 17% $64,121 16 -0.83 68 — — 100% / 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 930 1170 57% —
66 Ohio Wesleyan Microbiology 4 65% 12% $64,002 16 -0.84 36 — — 25% / 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
67 U. of Alabama at Birmingham Immunology 15 94% 24% $63,351 16 -0.93 64 — — 33% / 67% 67% 20% 7% 7% 0% 1260 1420 52% —
68 Montana State University - Billings Microbiology 3 100% — $63,348 16 -0.93 64 — — 0% / 100% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
69 San Diego State Microbiology 26 37% 19% $62,674 15 -1.02 71 94% — 31% / 69% 27% 27% 4% 31% 4% — — — —
70 Luther Infectious Disease and Global Health 3 76% 20% $62,219 14 -1.08 23 — — 33% / 67% 33% 0% 33% 0% 33% 1080 1400 26% —
71 South Dakota State Microbiology 6 85% 33% $62,173 14 -1.09 68 94% — 67% / 33% 83% 0% 0% 0% 17% 1070 1240 77% —
72 Idaho State Microbiology 6 97% 23% $61,899 14 -1.13 57 — — 67% / 33% 83% 0% 0% 17% 0% 920 1140 82% —
73 U. of South Florida Microbiology 19 41% 23% $61,852 14 -1.13 70 98% — 26% / 74% 42% 5% 11% 21% 11% 1170 1340 100% —
74 Ohio Microbiology 2 85% 19% $61,775 13 -1.14 60 — — 50% / 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% 1100 1290 44% —
75 Wagner Microbiology 2 82% 20% $61,008 13 -1.25 35 94% — 50% / 50% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% 1200 1290 20% —
76 U. of Miami Microbiology and Immunology 48 18% 18% $60,420 12 -1.33 21 97% — 33% / 67% 35% 23% 15% 25% 0% 1360 1450 51% —
77 Southwestern Oklahoma State Microbiology 0 100% — $60,368 11 -1.33 69 — — — — — — — — — — — —
78 Texas State Microbiology 19 91% 23% $59,670 11 -1.43 59 97% — 32% / 68% 47% 0% 11% 37% 0% 990 1200 47% —
79 U. of Texas at El Paso Microbiology 18 100% — $59,303 10 -1.48 56 97% — 56% / 44% 6% 0% 0% 83% 11% — — — —
80 U. of Texas at Arlington Microbiology 23 81% 24% $59,131 9 -1.50 51 95% — 39% / 61% 17% 30% 0% 39% 0% 1020 1240 82% —
81 Oregon State Microbiology 26 79% 19% $59,075 8 -1.51 45 93% — 42% / 58% 65% 4% 0% 8% 8% 1130 1360 12% —
82 Arizona State Microbiology 49 88% 22% $58,092 7 -1.64 46 94% — 39% / 61% 37% 14% 0% 35% 2% — — — —
83 Bowling Green State Microbiology 3 82% 20% $58,050 6 -1.64 53 — — 33% / 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1010 1210 82% —
84 Northern Arizona Microbiology 21 90% 13% $58,034 5 -1.65 51 87% — 24% / 76% 52% 10% 0% 24% 0% 1020 1280 30% —
85 Cal State Los Angeles Microbiology 1 91% 9% $57,953 5 -1.66 64 97% — 0% / 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% — — — —
86 U. of Hawaii at Manoa Microbiology 12 88% 20% $57,540 5 -1.71 47 — — 42% / 58% 17% 50% 0% 8% 8% — — — —
87 Kansas State Microbiology 16 95% 27% $57,180 4 -1.76 43 96% — 31% / 69% 69% 0% 6% 19% 0% 1070 1260 87% —
88 New Mexico State Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology 10 57% 20% $55,070 3 -2.04 41 100% — 60% / 40% 30% 0% 0% 50% 10% 880 1110 86% —
89 U. of Texas at San Antonio Microbiology and Immunology 42 91% 21% $51,830 2 -2.48 40 100% — 26% / 74% 21% 12% 7% 57% 0% 1010 1220 68% —
90 East Tennessee State Microbiology 9 78% 24% $51,310 1 -2.55 45 — — 33% / 67% 78% 11% 0% 0% 0% 990 1200 83% —
91 U. of Montana Microbiology 2 90% 18% $50,605 1 -2.64 20 — — 0% / 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
92 U. of California, Irvine Microbiology and Immunology 28 5 🥉 30% 18% $50,056 1 -2.72 13 — — 46% / 54% 18% 68% 0% 7% 0% — — — —