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2022 Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
175 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Microbiology & Immunology is the 682nd most popular major in the country with 376 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 175 microbiology and immunology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in microbiology and immunology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent microbiology and immunology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the microbiology and immunology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The microbiology and immunology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree microbiology and immunology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Microbiology & Immunology (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 2 bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #1 spot in our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Purdue University - Main Campus is $5,483 for Bachelor’s Degree Microbiology and Immunology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Purdue Microbiology & Immunology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Irvine, California, this large public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s microbiology and immunology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UC Irvine is $9,558 for Bachelor’s Degree Microbiology and Immunology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.

Read full report on Microbiology & Immunology at University of California - Irvine

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. UTSA is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 43 bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,516 for bachelor’s degree microbiology and immunology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Read more about Microbiology & Immunology at UTSA

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Nevada - Reno is located in Reno, Nevada and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees to qualified students.

UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Nevada - Reno is $11,587 for Bachelor’s Degree Microbiology and Immunology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Microbiology & Immunology at University of Nevada - Reno

#5

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 15 bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $9,213 for Bachelor’s Degree Microbiology and Immunology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend WVU.

Full WVU Microbiology & Immunology Report

#6

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

Quinnipiac University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Hamden, Connecticut, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Quinnipiac, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $35,038 for Bachelor’s Degree Microbiology and Immunology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Quinnipiac University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full Quinnipiac Microbiology & Immunology Report

#7

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#5 in overall quality

University of Miami came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami also took the #5 spot in our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $42,611 for bachelor’s degree microbiology and immunology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend U Miami.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Miami Microbiology & Immunology Report

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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