2025 Best Microbiology Schools in the Great Lakes Region
8Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
416Microbiology Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in microbiology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #224 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Microbiology Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 416 degrees in microbiology annually.
Your choice of microbiology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for microbiology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Microbiology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Microbiology in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of microbiology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in microbiology has to look into University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 93 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in microbiology has to check out University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in microbiology. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 32 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in microbiology. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus. This university ranks 1st out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 68 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 68 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Miami University - Oxford is a large public university located in the fringe town of Oxford. This university ranks 5th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 34 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year.
IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were about 23 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of La Crosse, UW - La Crosse is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 41 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at UW - La Crosse in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of microbiology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for microbiology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
