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September 30, 2010

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Microbiology

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Baylor College of Medicine Molecular Virology & Microbiology	3	22	2	24	9	46	7	20	15	32
Boston U. Microbiology	43	70	26	61	72	74	22	58	50	67
Case Western Reserve U. Molecular Virology	1	10	1	17	1	8	74	74	10	37
Catholic U. of America Cellular and Microbial Biology	67	73	68	73	39	72	8	22	60	74
Clemson U. Microbiology	57	71	56	71	16	60	37	66	57	71
Colorado State U. Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology	52	70	47	69	18	48	17	48	38	60
Columbia U. Microbiology	3	24	2	20	39	68	17	52	4	24
Cornell U. Microbiology	14	45	8	51	29	60	47	68	22	39
Duke U. Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	5	25	3	25	10	56	52	70	8	29
Emory U. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG)	7	32	6	32	3	28	26	58	13	32
Georgetown U. Microbiology and Immunology	34	64	31	63	59	72	11	32	44	65
Georgia State U. Biology-Applied & Environmental Microbiology	67	73	61	73	9	51	8	22	69	74
Harvard U. DMS-Virology	1	10	1	13	16	53	36	65	1	4
Howard U. Microbiology	58	71	68	73	3	53	1	1	54	73
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Microbiology	25	52	43	67	1	16	23	52	31	50
Iowa State U. Microbiology	31	65	20	60	6	57	65	72	36	57
Iowa State U. Veterinary Microbiology	30	63	33	67	31	62	38	64	40	69
Loma Linda U. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics	40	64	63	73	7	45	2	6	56	71
Loyola U. Chicago Microbiology and Immunology	20	50	22	60	7	50	15	43	43	65
Miami U. (Ohio) Microbiology	69	73	70	74	2	25	16	50	58	70
Michigan State U. Microbiology & Molecular Genetics	33	58	40	65	30	61	15	38	35	53
Montana State U. at Bozeman Microbiology	27	61	19	58	49	71	7	25	45	67
New York U. Microbiology/ Sackler	4	24	3	29	3	18	37	62	6	25
North Carolina State U. Microbiology	53	70	56	72	5	35	51	70	52	67
Ohio State U. Main Campus Microbiology	50	68	41	65	51	71	30	59	35	54
Oregon State U. Microbiology	37	63	38	67	2	20	49	71	41	58
Pennsyl- vania State U. Microbiology and Immunology	17	47	19	57	2	34	54	71	26	44
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick and U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at Piscataway Microbiology and Molecular Genetics	17	45	12	47	32	63	11	31	2	18
Stanford U. Microbiology and Immunology	1	4	1	6	24	64	21	53	1	6
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Molecular Genetics and Microbiology	22	48	18	48	7	38	16	43	21	40
State U. of New York Upstate Medical U. Microbiology & Immunology	39	66	42	68	11	51	29	60	39	61
Temple U. Microbiology and Immunology	13	40	10	50	13	56	3	12	33	54
Texas A&M U. Veterinary Microbiology	60	73	36	68	73	74	3	12	61	73
Tufts U. Microbiology/ Bacteriology	2	19	2	20	24	62	4	14	1	11
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Microbiology	27	59	20	60	11	46	32	63	21	41
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Microbiology	12	44	13	52	23	58	18	48	5	26
U. of Arizona Microbiology	37	63	31	64	30	65	16	41	59	70
U. of California at Berkeley Microbiology	3	19	2	17	8	52	4	15	2	14
U. of California at Davis Microbiology	16	44	14	48	42	68	17	44	14	33
U. of California at Irvine Microbiology and Molecular Genetics	14	45	10	47	50	70	21	52	30	50
U. of California at Los Angeles Microbiology [ACCESS* Program Specialization]	12	44	8	44	49	71	32	61	3	17
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Microbiology	13	44	15	57	21	59	24	58	33	54
U. of Florida Microbiology and Cell Science	22	51	17	52	11	36	55	70	29	47
U. of Georgia Microbiology	9	36	9	43	17	59	34	65	20	39
U. of Idaho Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry	29	62	26	64	4	22	27	59	39	60
U. of Illinois at Chicago Microbiology & Immunology	35	66	23	63	18	63	20	51	36	58
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Microbiology	7	30	4	29	56	72	14	37	9	29
U. of Iowa Microbiology	23	53	19	54	5	39	73	73	8	28
U. of Kansas Microbiology	49	69	41	68	12	53	18	57	64	73
U. of Kansas Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology	51	71	29	63	26	68	61	72	54	69
U. of Kentucky Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics	40	66	34	65	14	49	35	62	39	59
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Microbiology	34	56	24	50	61	72	21	54	30	47
U. of Massachu- setts at Worcester Molecular Genetics & Microbiology	34	66	17	54	47	72	24	60	38	61
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Microbiology and Immunology	14	41	9	41	37	68	25	58	10	31
U. of Missouri at Columbia Microbiology- Medicine	43	68	41	67	9	51	42	67	37	57
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Microbiology & Molecular Biology	43	64	53	69	1	9	44	70	63	73
U. of New Hampshire Microbiology	74	74	73	74	23	71	20	56	71	74
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Microbiology & Immunology	9	35	12	49	7	42	35	65	14	33
U. of North Dakota Main Campus Microbiology & Immunology	35	61	40	67	4	27	53	72	29	48
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Microbiology	42	68	34	67	39	70	62	72	52	69
U. of Pennsyl- vania Biomed Grad Studies-Microbiology	5	29	3	23	11	48	59	72	2	14
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Molecular Virology and Microbiology	2	17	2	23	2	19	21	54	7	27
U. of Rochester Microbiology & Immunology	17	48	21	58	9	40	2	6	6	27
U. of Tennessee Microbiology	16	44	18	53	28	61	5	16	41	65
U. of Texas at Austin Microbiology	23	52	18	50	39	69	22	55	9	31
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Microbiology and Molecular Genetics	9	32	8	36	5	53	10	29	17	35
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Molecular Microbiology	22	53	25	62	16	64	28	62	11	35
U. of Vermont Microbiology and Molecular Genetics	38	67	32	66	29	70	5	19	34	58
U. of Virginia Microbiology	4	25	8	38	21	63	16	44	4	20
U. of Washing- ton Microbiology	3	21	2	18	21	65	35	64	4	24
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Microbiology	9	35	9	41	14	48	13	35	4	20
Virginia Common- wealth U. Microbiology and Immunology	35	66	34	65	52	72	6	19	43	64
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis	3	19	3	32	16	54	54	71	5	24
Yale U. Microbiology Program	5	22	9	38	14	57	2	7	9	31
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.