The 50 colleges that score highest for Microbiology and immunology on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington University in St Louis | MO | Median earnings $68,359 (field-wide) · 18 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | Median earnings $103,546 · 80 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | Median earnings $57,890 · 34 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $64,285 · 218 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Median earnings $73,944 · 97 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $68,397 · 59 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | CA | Median earnings $74,343 · 81 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | University of California-Los Angeles | CA | Median earnings $65,024 · 171 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of Miami | FL | Median earnings $48,310 (field-wide) · 51 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | University of California-San Diego | CA | Median earnings $64,428 · 57 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $66,222 · 52 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | Median earnings $71,345 (field-wide) · 15 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $63,746 (field-wide) · 29 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | Median earnings $71,469 (field-wide) · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | University of California-Irvine | CA | Median earnings $56,273 (field-wide) · 28 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | Median earnings $90,061 · 31 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce | PR | Median earnings $33,156 (field-wide) · 10 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $68,398 · 30 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $59,621 (field-wide) · 37 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $61,953 · 47 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $59,035 (field-wide) · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla | PR | Median earnings $28,358 (field-wide) · 14 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German | PR | Median earnings $33,355 · 15 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $64,510 · 40 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | Clemson University | SC | Median earnings $81,526 · 59 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | Median earnings $69,128 · 18 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | University of California-Riverside | CA | Median earnings $72,295 · 35 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | San Diego State University | CA | Median earnings $81,122 · 29 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | Brigham Young University | UT | Median earnings $66,603 · 100 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | Median earnings $66,642 · 45 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | FL | Median earnings $57,628 · 11 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | University of Iowa | IA | Median earnings $61,519 (field-wide) · 29 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | University of Kansas | KS | Median earnings $65,861 · 41 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | University of Puerto Rico-Humacao | PR | Median earnings $45,816 · 41 graduates last year · 12% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | Median earnings $67,253 · 27 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo | PR | Median earnings $37,027 · 73 graduates last year · 17% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | University of Arizona | AZ | Median earnings $55,784 · 27 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $70,945 (field-wide) · 28 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | University of Missouri-Columbia | MO | Median earnings $59,480 (field-wide) · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | University of Florida-Online | FL | Median earnings $71,588 (college-wide) · 26 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | Median earnings $57,244 · 51 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | OK | Median earnings $61,165 · 37 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | University of Vermont | VT | Median earnings $65,120 · 13 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | AL | Median earnings $55,174 (field-wide) · 31 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | OK | Median earnings $59,979 · 60 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Montana State University | MT | Median earnings $60,221 · 67 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | Oregon State University | OR | Median earnings $53,349 · 35 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | California State University-Long Beach | CA | Median earnings $73,988 · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | Median earnings $56,019 (field-wide) · 31 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | Texas Tech University | TX | Median earnings $69,628 · 42 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees |
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