2025 Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in medical microbiology & bacteriology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #170 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 doctor's degrees in medical microbiology & bacteriology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of medical microbiology & bacteriology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to medical microbiology & bacteriology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other medical microbiology & bacteriology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medical microbiology & bacteriology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for medical microbiology & bacteriology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in medical microbiology & bacteriology.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in medical microbiology & bacteriology needs to check out University of Florida. UF is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville.More information about a doctorate in medical microbiology & bacteriology from University of Florida

2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in medical microbiology & bacteriology. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medical microbiology & bacteriology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia - Main Campus is a great option for students interested in a doctor's degree in medical microbiology & bacteriology. University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a doctorate in medical microbiology & bacteriology from University of Virginia - Main Campus

Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Colleges by State

Explore the best medical microbiology & bacteriology schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	11
North Carolina	190	8
Virginia	182	15
Mississippi	154	0
Tennessee	150	3
Louisiana	146	7
South Carolina	135	0
Kentucky	119	10
Arkansas	74	3

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Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Related Rankings by Major

Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology is one of 8 different types of Microbiological Sciences & Immunology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Microbiology	39
Microbiology & Immunology	12
Immunology	9

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.