2024 Best Microbiology & Immunology Schools in California

Microbiology & Immunology is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #637 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Microbiology & Immunology Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 39 degrees in microbiology & immunology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Pick Your Microbiology & Immunology Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Microbiology & Immunology Schools in California list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Microbiology & Immunology in California

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the microbiology and immunology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top California Schools in Microbiology and Immunology

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

5.9% Growth in Graduates

University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in microbiology & immunology. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a degree in microbiology & immunology from University of Southern California

2

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

18.2% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in microbiology & immunology needs to look into University of California - Irvine. UC Irvine is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Irvine.More information about a degree in microbiology & immunology from University of California - Irvine

Best Microbiology & Immunology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Microbiology & Immunology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Nevada	354	37

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Microbiology & Immunology Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Microbiological Sciences & Immunology area of study, Microbiology & Immunology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Microbiology and Immunology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Microbiology	386
Other Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	149
Immunology	14
Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology	6

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.