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2022 Best Value Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
329 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology is the 473rd most popular major in the country with 854 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 531 medical microbiology and bacteriology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 329 medical microbiology and bacteriology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in medical microbiology and bacteriology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great medical microbiology and bacteriology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the medical microbiology and bacteriology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 210 bachelors’s medical microbiology and bacteriology degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Florida is $12,685 for southeast region bachelor’s degree medical microbiology and bacteriology students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UF Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 28 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical microbiology and bacteriology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus is $14,214 for southeast region bachelor’s degree medical microbiology and bacteriology students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full USF Tampa Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Report

#3

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 27 bachelors’s medical microbiology and bacteriology degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $19,558 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Mississippi State.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology at Mississippi State University

#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Auburn is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 39 bachelors’s medical microbiology and bacteriology degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #2 spot in our “Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn University is $26,518 for southeast region bachelor’s degree medical microbiology and bacteriology students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology at Auburn

#5

University of Florida-Online

Gainesville, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida-Online. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this small public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical microbiology and bacteriology students in 2019-2020.

UF Online also took the #5 spot in our “Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,228 for southeast region bachelor’s degree medical microbiology and bacteriology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Florida-Online.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UF Online Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Report

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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