2023 Most Well Attended Microbiology Major in North Dakota for a Master’s

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Microbiological Sciences & Immunology is the 134th most popular major in the country with 4,566 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, microbiological sciences and immunology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,785 and had an average of $20,586 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Dakota, there were 26 microbiological sciences and immunology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,924 and $27,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 microbiological sciences and immunology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,776 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Microbiology Major in North Dakota for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in microbiological sciences and immunology. To top this list, a school must have a successful microbiological sciences and immunology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Microbiology Major in North Dakota for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for north dakota master’s degree microbiology students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Microbiological Sciences & Immunology in North Dakota

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#1 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Microbiology Major in North Dakota for a Master’s list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s microbiology degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full North Dakota State University Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Report

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

#2 overall quality in North Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Microbiology Major in North Dakota for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s microbiology students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Microbiological Sciences & Immunology at University of North Dakota

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.