by our College Data Analytics TeamMicrobiological Sciences & Immunology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at Tufts University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in microbiology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Tufts paid an average of $1,799 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $54,196 | $54,196 |
| Fees | $972 | $972 |
microbiology who receive their doctor’s degree from Tufts make an average of $64,283 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $0.
Tufts does not offer an online option for its microbiology doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Tufts Online Learning page.
Women made up around 66.7% of the microbiology students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 54.3%.
Around 22.2% of microbiology doctor’s degree recipients at Tufts in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 25%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Immunology | 1 |
| Microbiology & Immunology | 8 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to microbiological sciences and immunology.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biology | 10 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 5 |
| Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 6 |
| Genetics | 3 |
| Biotechnology | 2 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.