2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology and Immunology Major in the Southeast Region
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In 2021-2022, 409 people earned their degree in microbiology & immunology, making the major the 637th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 92 microbiology & immunology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 microbiology & immunology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology and Immunology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in microbiology & immunology. That schools that top this list have a program in microbiology & immunology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology and Immunology Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree microbiology and immunology students.
Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Microbiology & Immunology in the Southeast Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology and Immunology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #1 spot on the list. U Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in Coral Gables, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
Read more about Microbiology & Immunology at U Miami
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology and Immunology Major in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s microbiology and immunology degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Microbiology & Immunology at Wake Forest University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology and Immunology Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Mississippi is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Mississippi Microbiology & Immunology Report
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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
- *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.
