2025 Best Microbiology Schools in the New England Region
3Colleges in the New England Region
132Microbiology Degrees Awarded
Microbiology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #224 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Microbiology Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 132 degrees in microbiology to qualified students.
The microbiology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Microbiology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Microbiology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The microbiology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Microbiology Schools in the New England Region.
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Best Schools for Microbiology in the New England Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the microbiology degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Massachusetts Amherst is a good option for students pursuing a degree in microbiology. UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the small city of Amherst. A Best Colleges rank of #60 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.
There were roughly 89 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year.
University of Vermont is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in microbiology. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were roughly 26 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at UVM in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Maine is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in microbiology. UMaine is a large public university located in the suburb of Orono. This university ranks 19th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were about 13 microbiology students who graduated with this degree at UMaine in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The microbiology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Microbiology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Microbiology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
