Microbiology General

A program that focuses on the scientific study of unicellular organisms and colonies, and subcellular genetic matter and their ecological interactions with human beings and other life. Includes instruction in microbial genetics, cell biology, cell physiology, virology, pathogenic microbiology, environmental microbiology, immunology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, and laboratory methods including microscopy.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 112 institutions across the United States, with a total of 8388 degrees awarded annually.

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

2,331

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

233

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

220

degrees awarded

Other Awards

5,592

awards given

Top Schools for Microbiology General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo Arecibo, PR	348
2	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	318
3	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR	276
4	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	270
5	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	258
6	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	252
7	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	249
8	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	246
9	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	219
10	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	216
11	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	207
12	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	183
13	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	171
14	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	168
15	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	168
16	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	165
17	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	147
18	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	144
19	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	141
20	Weber State University Ogden, UT	132
21	Clemson University Clemson, SC	132
22	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	132
23	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	129
24	Iowa State University Ames, IA	126
25	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	126
26	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	123
27	University of Georgia Athens, GA	120
28	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	120
29	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	117
30	University of Puerto Rico-Humacao Humacao, PR	114
31	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro San Juan, PR	105
32	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	96
33	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	96
34	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	93
35	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	87
36	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	87
37	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	84
38	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	84
39	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	81
40	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	78
41	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	75
42	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	72
43	University of Maine Orono, ME	69
44	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	69
45	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	69
46	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	69
47	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	66
48	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI	63
49	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	63
50	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	57
51	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	54
52	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	54
53	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	51
54	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	51
55	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	48
56	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla Aguadilla, PR	45
57	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	45
58	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo Fajardo, PR	42
59	Washington State University Pullman, WA	42
60	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	39
61	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	39
62	Wagner College Staten Island, NY	39
63	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus Carolina, PR	36
64	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	36
65	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	36
66	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	33
67	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	33
68	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	30
69	New York University New York, NY	30
70	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German San German, PR	30
71	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD	27
72	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	24
73	Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LA	24
74	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	24
75	Idaho State University Pocatello, ID	24
76	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	24
77	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	21
78	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon Bayamon, PR	18
79	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	18
80	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	18
81	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	18
82	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	18
83	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH	15
84	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	15
85	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Mercedita, PR	15
86	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	12
87	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	12
88	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	12
89	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI	12
90	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	12
91	Fullerton College Fullerton, CA	12
92	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	9
93	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	9
94	University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences San Juan, PR	9
95	Montana State University Billings Billings, MT	9
96	Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science North Chicago, IL	9
97	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	6
98	Boston University Boston, MA	6
99	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	6
100	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	6