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Microbiological Sciences & Immunology at University of California - Santa Barbara

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

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and has a total student population of 26,179. Of the 7,001 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Santa Barbara in 2021, 41 of them were microbiological sciences and immunology majors.

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.

UCSB Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology

UCSB Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the microbiology progam at UCSB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UCSB 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
9
13

Earnings of UCSB Microbiology Graduates

The median salary of microbiology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCSB is $37,928. This is 15% higher than $32,921, which is the national average for all microbiology bachelor's degree recipients.

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Microbiology Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Bachelor’s Program

49% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The microbiology program at UCSB awarded 41 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 51% of these degrees went to men with the other 49% going to women. The typical microbiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSB since its program graduates 14% 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 University of California - Santa Barbara with a bachelor's in microbiology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 14
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

UCSB also has a doctoral program available in microbiology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 - Santa Barbara.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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