2025 Best Microbiology & Immunology Doctor's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in microbiology & immunology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #156 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 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Microbiology & Immunology Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 130 doctor's degrees in microbiology & immunology during the <nil> academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

Your choice of microbiology & immunology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality microbiology and immunology program can vary widely even among the top schools. 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 include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection 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 much a school focuses on microbiology & immunology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other microbiology & immunology 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 microbiology & immunology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for microbiology & immunology students working on their doctor'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 & Immunology Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for microbiology & immunology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Microbiology and Immunology

1

Tufts University
Medford, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Tufts University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in microbiology & immunology. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in microbiology & immunology from Tufts University

2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in microbiology & immunology. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in microbiology & immunology from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

3

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

University of Rochester is a wonderful option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in microbiology & immunology. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Rochester.More information about a doctorate in microbiology & immunology from University of Rochester

4

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in microbiology & immunology needs to check out University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in microbiology & immunology from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Microbiology & Immunology by Region

View the Best Microbiology & Immunology 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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Rankings in Majors Related to Microbiology and Immunology

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

Most Popular Majors Related to Microbiology and Immunology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Microbiology	216
Immunology	149
Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology	101
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.