2024 Best Microbiology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
3Colleges in the Southeast Region
8Master's Degrees
a master's degree in microbiology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #419 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Microbiology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 8 master's degrees in microbiology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Microbiology School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of microbiology for getting your master'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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on microbiology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other microbiology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized microbiology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for microbiology students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Microbiology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Microbiology in the Southeast Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in microbiology.
Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Microbiology
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.