2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Microbiology in the New England Region

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Microbiology is the 224th most popular major in the country with 2,949 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the New England region, there were 132 microbiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 microbiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,470 and $116,265 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in microbiology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their microbiology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Microbiology in the New England Region

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 1 doctorate’s microbiology degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Microbiology at UMaine

2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

Top 25% overall quality in New England

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region. University of Massachusetts Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s microbiology degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Microbiology at UMass Amherst

3

Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

#10 overall quality in New England

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region. Boston U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Boston U Microbiology Report

3

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in the New England Region list. University of Connecticut is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 3 doctorate’s microbiology degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UCONN Microbiology Report

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.