A degree in microbiology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #224 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of microbiology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 degrees in microbiology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of microbiology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Microbiology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The microbiology 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 the Best Microbiology Schools in Illinois.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the microbiology degree levels they offer.
University of Chicago is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in microbiology. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in microbiology has to check out University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 13 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in microbiology. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 13 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of microbiology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Microbiology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
