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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Microbiology & Immunology

7 Ranked Colleges
175 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that 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” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 microbiology and immunology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree microbiology and immunology students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Microbiology & Immunology

#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 #1 for the Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.

UTSA also made our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio is $13,853 for Bachelor’s Degree Microbiology and Immunology students.

Full The University of Texas at San Antonio Microbiology & Immunology Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #2 spot on the list. UNR is a large school located in Reno, Nevada that handed out 51 bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree microbiology and immunology students list, UNR has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,081 for bachelor’s degree microbiology and immunology students per year to attend University of Nevada - Reno.

Read more about Microbiology & Immunology at UNR

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 2 bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree microbiology and immunology students list, Purdue has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Purdue University - Main Campus is $13,986 for Bachelor’s Degree Microbiology and Immunology students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Microbiology & Immunology at Purdue

#4

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 #4 for the Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees in 2019-2020.

WVU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,983 for Bachelor’s Degree Microbiology and Immunology students per year to attend West Virginia University.

Full West Virginia University Microbiology & Immunology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Irvine, California, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine also took the #3 spot in our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UC Irvine is $14,783 for bachelor’s degree microbiology and immunology students.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UC Irvine 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 ranking. Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hamden, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s 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 $41,104 for Bachelor’s Degree Microbiology and Immunology students per year to attend Quinnipiac.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Microbiology & Immunology at Quinnipiac

#7

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#5 in overall quality

University of Miami landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Microbiology and Immunology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 38 bachelors’s microbiology and immunology degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami also made our “Best Microbiology & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $46,949 for bachelor’s degree microbiology and immunology students per year to attend University of Miami.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Microbiology & Immunology at U Miami

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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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