Microbiology
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Early Career Income
$77,951
Lifetime Income
$4.52M
Unemployment rate
3.0%
Female share
56.8%
Occupation concentration
49.1%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
18.3%
% who double-major
19.4%
BA Graduates from 2024
2,732
-1.9% vs 2023
How Microbiology compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
70th
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 70% of majors
41st
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 41% of majors
62nd
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 62% of majors
Top occupations
- Physicians and Surgeons
- Physical Scientists, All Other
- Medical scientists, and life scientists, all other
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Microbiology.
- Microbiology, General
- Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
- Immunology
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Infectious Disease and Global Health
- Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology