Microbiological Sciences & Immunology at University of California - Los Angeles

If you plan to study microbiological sciences & immunology, take a look at what University of California - Los Angeles has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 students attend the school each year.

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

UCLA Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology

UCLA Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Rankings

The microbiology major at UCLA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Microbiological Sciences & Immunology. 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 UCLA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the microbiology majors at University of California - Los Angeles.

UCLA Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of microbiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical microbiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in microbiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	59
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	25
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Concentrations Within Microbiological Sciences & Immunology

If you plan to be a microbiology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Los Angeles. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	139

Related Majors

• Genetics
• Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences

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 University of California - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.