2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Microbiology in District of Columbia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across District of Columbia, there were 7 microbiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 microbiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,686 and $62,807 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Microbiology in District of Columbia

1

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in District of Columbia list. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 masters’s microbiology degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read more about Microbiology at GWU

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Microbiology Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Howard University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, 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 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Howard University 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.