by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in medical microbiology & bacteriology, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of medical microbiology & bacteriology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Anatomy | 5 | 902 |
| Biostatistics | 5 | 1,546 |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 5 | 4,488 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology | 5 | 486 |
| Molecular Biology | 5 | 1,255 |
| Pharmacology | 5 | 483 |
| Toxicology | 5 | 152 |
| Biochemistry | 4 | 9,737 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 4 | 89,827 |
| Computational Biology | 4 | 321 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Microbiology, General | 2,646 |
| Microbiology and Immunology | 443 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other | 253 |
| Immunology | 220 |
| Infectious Disease and Global Health | 162 |
| Virology | 16 |
| Mycology | 6 |
| Parasitology | 4 |
As a more focused area within Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, medical microbiology & bacteriology sits alongside related programs in that field.
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