2025 Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Doctor's Degree Schools

a doctor's degree in medical microbiology & bacteriology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #170 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of medical microbiology & bacteriology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 101 doctor's degrees in medical microbiology & bacteriology during the <nil> academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of medical microbiology & bacteriology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for medical microbiology & bacteriology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The medical microbiology and bacteriology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Doctor's Degree Schools.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for medical microbiology & bacteriology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Yale University is a great choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in medical microbiology & bacteriology. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Haven.More information about a doctorate in medical microbiology & bacteriology from Yale University

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in medical microbiology & bacteriology has to check out University of Florida. UF is a very large public university located in the city of Gainesville.More information about a doctorate in medical microbiology & bacteriology from University of Florida

3

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in medical microbiology & bacteriology. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medical microbiology & bacteriology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

4

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia - Main Campus is a wonderful option for students interested in a doctor's degree in medical microbiology & bacteriology. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a doctorate in medical microbiology & bacteriology from University of Virginia - Main Campus

Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology by Region

View the Best Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology Related Rankings by Major

Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology is one of 8 different types of Microbiological Sciences & Immunology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Microbiology	216
Immunology	149
Microbiology & Immunology	130
Other Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	30
Virology	20

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.