Microbiology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #224 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Microbiology Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 31 degrees in microbiology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 New York.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
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 degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Cornell University if you want to pursue 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. This university ranks 3rd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 5 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
Columbia University in the City of New York is a great option for students pursuing 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 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
New York University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in microbiology. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. This university ranks 4th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 6 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at NYU 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).
college factual
