2024 Best Microbiology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
7Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
116Microbiology Degrees Awarded
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.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of microbiology. Combined, these schools handed out 116 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.
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Best Schools for Microbiology in the Middle Atlantic Region
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.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Microbiology
Cornell University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in microbiology. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 5 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you wish to pursue a degree in microbiology. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were about 11 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat George Washington University if you wish to pursue a degree in microbiology. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 8 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in microbiology. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 7th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 37 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available.
NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 6 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 23 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.
Howard is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. This university ranks 6th out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were about 3 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Howard in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 10th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 3 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Seton Hall 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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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.
