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Microbiology at Northern Arizona University

Microbiology at Northern Arizona University

If you plan to study microbiology, take a look at what Northern Arizona University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and has a total student population of 29,566.

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

NAU Microbiology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology

NAU Microbiology Rankings

The microbiology major at NAU 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 NAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the microbiology majors at Northern Arizona University.

NAU Microbiology Bachelor’s Program

72% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of microbiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in microbiology at NAU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in microbiology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Natural Sciences Managers 1,060 $101,790
Biological Science Professors 800 $99,960
Microbiologists 80 $75,970

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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