Microbiology at University of Iowa

Every microbiology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the microbiology program at University of Iowa stacks up to those at other schools.

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and has a total student population of 30,318.

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

Iowa Microbiology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology
• Master’s Degree in Microbiology

Iowa Microbiology Rankings

The microbiology major at Iowa 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in microbiology, making the school the #27 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Microbiology Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Microbiology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of microbiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical microbiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in microbiology at Iowa 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 University of Iowa with a bachelor's in microbiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Iowa Microbiology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of microbiology master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a microbiology master's degree from Iowa, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Related Majors

• Immunology

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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Biological Science Professors	730	$101,810
Natural Sciences Managers	380	$127,440
Microbiologists	210	$82,410

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.