If you plan on majoring in microbiology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #224 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for microbiology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 91 degrees in microbiology to qualified students.
The microbiology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Microbiology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for microbiology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in Ohio list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of microbiology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in microbiology. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were about 51 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Miami University - Oxford if you want to pursue a degree in microbiology. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 31 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in microbiology has to look into Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 5 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at BGSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The microbiology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Microbiology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for microbiology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
