Microbiology at University of California - Santa Barbara

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study microbiology, 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.

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

UCSB Microbiology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology

UCSB Microbiology Rankings

The microbiology major at UCSB 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 UCSB

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

UCSB Microbiology Bachelor’s Program

43% Women

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of microbiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical microbiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSB since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	18
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 University of California - Santa Barbara.

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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