by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in mycology, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
Programs here prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of mycology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Anatomy | 2 | 902 |
| Animal Genetics | 2 | 59 |
| Animal Physiology | 2 | 166 |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology | 2 | 119 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 2 | — |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other | 2 | 316 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | 2 | 4,612 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 2 | 89,827 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other | 2 | 250 |
| Biometry/Biometrics | 2 | 185 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Microbiology, General | 2,646 |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | 961 |
| Microbiology and Immunology | 443 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other | 253 |
| Immunology | 220 |
| Infectious Disease and Global Health | 162 |
| Virology | 16 |
| Parasitology | 4 |
As a more focused area within Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, mycology connects to the wider programs in that field.
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