The main focus area for this major is Microbiology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at University of California - Santa Barbara. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in microbiology, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UCSB was ranked #24 on College Factual's Best Schools for microbiology list. It is also ranked #7 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for UCSB.
The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
Fees | $2,964 | $2,964 |
Books and Supplies | $1,259 | $1,259 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,903 | $15,903 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,381 | $5,381 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Microbiology students who received their bachelor’s degree at UCSB took out an average of $22,000 in student loans. That is 7% higher than the national average of $20,563.
The median early career salary of microbiology students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UCSB is $38,337 per year. That is 21% higher than the national average of $31,786.
Online degrees for the UCSB microbiology bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UCSB Online Learning page.
About 43.8% of the students who received their BS in microbiology in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 60.0%.
Around 56.3% of microbiology bachelor’s degree recipients at UCSB in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 44%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 13 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Microbiology | 32 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to microbiological sciences and immunology.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Biology | 368 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 75 |
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 40 |
Zoology | 24 |
Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 2 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.