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Microbiology at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Microbiology at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Every microbiology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the microbiology program at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 22,440 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Microbiology section at the bottom of this page.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Microbiology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Microbiology Rankings

The microbiology major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Microbiology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Microbiology Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the microbiology majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Microbiology Bachelor’s Program

54% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 46% of microbiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical microbiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its microbiology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in microbiology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Careers That Microbiology Grads May Go Into

A degree in microbiology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Microbiologists 4,610 $102,340
Biological Science Professors 4,360 $128,370

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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