Microbiological Sciences & Immunology at University of California - Los Angeles

If you plan to study microbiological sciences and 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 students received a bachelor's degree in microbiology from UCLA.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Microbiology

UCLA Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks microbiology programs across the country. The following shows how UCLA performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Microbiology Science & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Best Value Microbiology Science & Immunology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in microbiology from UCLA. This is the #77 most popular school for microbiology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Microbiology Graduates from UCLA Make?

The median salary of microbiology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCLA is $27,430. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,921 for all microbiology students.

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

Of the 138 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Microbiological Sciences & Immunology from UCLA in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were 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 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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	53
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	31
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UCLA also has a doctoral program available in microbiology. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.