2025 Best Microbiology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in microbiology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #132 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Microbiology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 79 bachelor's degrees in microbiology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 microbiology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other microbiology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor'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 microbiology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for microbiology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Microbiology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Microbiology in Wisconsin

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in microbiology.

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Bachelor's in Microbiology

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

53 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in microbiology has to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a bachelor’s in microbiology from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
La Crosse, WI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Wisconsin - La Crosse if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in microbiology. UW - La Crosse is a fairly large public university located in the small city of La Crosse.More information about a bachelor’s in microbiology from University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Best Microbiology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Microbiology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	111
Ohio	612	81
Illinois	558	13
Indiana	535	12

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Microbiology Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Microbiological Sciences & Immunology area of study, Microbiology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Microbiology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology	5

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.