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Microbiology at Washington University in St Louis

Microbiology at Washington University in St Louis

If you plan to study microbiology, take a look at what Washington University in St Louis has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 15,449.

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

WUSTL Microbiology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology

WUSTL Microbiology Rankings

The microbiology major at WUSTL 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 WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the microbiology majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Microbiology Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of microbiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Washington University in St Louis with a bachelor's in microbiology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 9
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Biological Science Professors 1,030 $102,830
Natural Sciences Managers 670 $116,190
Microbiologists 390 $77,300

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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