Master's programs 89
Graduates in 2023-24 931
Typical median debt $46,828
Typical earnings 1 yr after $68,686
Typical earnings 4 yrs after $97,683
Earnings to debt 1.5x
Official field: Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. Admission figures such as LSAT, MCAT or GRE scores are not part of this federal data, so check each school.
Degree level Programs Typical earnings 1 yr after Typical median debt Master's 89 $68,686 $46,828 Doctoral 96 n/a n/a
Is it worth it? Debt vs first-year pay Each dot is one master's program. Dots above the dashed line have graduates earning more in their first year than the program's median debt.
$0k $0k $20k $19k $40k $37k $59k $56k $79k $74k debt = 1 year of pay Drexel University: earnings $73,213, debt $61,500 Georgetown University: earnings $68,509, debt $70,768 University of Florida: earnings $68,863, debt $27,388 Colorado State University-Fort Collins: earnings $48,598, debt $31,971 George Washington University: earnings $75,429, debt $46,828 Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro: earnings $40,541, debt $20,183 Tulane University of Louisiana: earnings $28,539, debt $57,183 Median federal debt Median earnings 1 year after Master's programs in microbiological sciences and immunology Highest first-year earnings University of Massachusetts-Amherst $100,550
George Mason University $82,758
George Washington University $75,429
Drexel University $73,213
University of Florida $68,863
Georgetown University $68,509
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor $64,832
Colorado State University-Fort Collins $48,598
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt George Mason University Fairfax, VA 19 $82,758 $114,727 n/a University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 19 $100,550 $100,729 n/a Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 27 $73,213 $98,009 $61,500 Georgetown University Washington, DC 28 $68,509 $97,357 $70,768 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 248 $68,863 $79,163 $27,388 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO 39 $48,598 $63,447 $31,971 George Washington University Washington, DC 27 $75,429 n/a $46,828 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 19 $64,832 n/a n/a Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro San Juan, PR 10 $40,541 n/a $20,183 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA 49 $28,539 n/a $57,183 Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ 9 n/a n/a n/a Boston University Boston, MA 0 n/a n/a n/a Brigham Young University Provo, UT 6 n/a n/a n/a California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA 3 n/a n/a n/a Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 1 n/a n/a n/a Clemson University Clemson, SC 0 n/a n/a n/a Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 2 n/a n/a n/a Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4 n/a n/a n/a Creighton University Omaha, NE 0 n/a n/a n/a Duke University Durham, NC 28 n/a n/a n/a Harvard University Cambridge, MA 27 n/a n/a n/a Idaho State University Pocatello, ID 1 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN 1 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 2 n/a n/a n/a Iowa State University Ames, IA 2 n/a n/a n/a Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA 1 n/a n/a n/a Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL 8 n/a n/a n/a Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH 1 n/a n/a n/a Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 4 n/a n/a n/a Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO 15 n/a n/a n/a Montana State University Bozeman, MT 5 n/a n/a n/a New York University New York, NY 5 n/a n/a n/a North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 3 n/a n/a n/a North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 7 n/a n/a n/a Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 14 n/a n/a n/a Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK 5 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 4 n/a n/a n/a Regis University Denver, CO 19 n/a n/a n/a Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ 2 n/a n/a n/a San Diego State University San Diego, CA 2 n/a n/a n/a Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ 2 n/a n/a n/a South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 2 n/a n/a n/a Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 19 n/a n/a n/a Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 6 n/a n/a n/a The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 2 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 13 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 1 n/a n/a n/a Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA 18 n/a n/a n/a University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 0 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 0 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Davis Davis, CA 2 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA 6 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Chicago Chicago, IL 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Delaware Newark, DE 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Georgia Athens, GA 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 14 n/a n/a n/a University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Louisville Louisville, KY 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Maine Orono, ME 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Maryland Baltimore Baltimore, MD 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 0 n/a n/a n/a University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH 1 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA 34 n/a n/a n/a University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences San Juan, PR 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Rochester Rochester, NY 16 n/a n/a n/a University of South Florida Tampa, FL 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Toledo Toledo, OH 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 15 n/a n/a n/a Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 6 n/a n/a n/a Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 2 n/a n/a n/a Wagner College Staten Island, NY 4 n/a n/a n/a Wayne State University Detroit, MI 1 n/a n/a n/a Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH 6 n/a n/a n/a Yale University New Haven, CT 25 n/a n/a n/a
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt Alabama State University Montgomery, AL 3 n/a n/a n/a Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ 2 n/a n/a n/a Boston University Boston, MA 0 n/a n/a n/a Brigham Young University Provo, UT 4 n/a n/a n/a California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 1 n/a n/a n/a Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 0 n/a n/a n/a Clemson University Clemson, SC 1 n/a n/a n/a Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO 5 n/a n/a n/a Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 4 n/a n/a n/a Cornell University Ithaca, NY 6 n/a n/a n/a Creighton University Omaha, NE 2 n/a n/a n/a Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 10 n/a n/a n/a Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 4 n/a n/a n/a Duke University Durham, NC 9 n/a n/a n/a East Carolina University Greenville, NC 1 n/a n/a n/a George Washington University Washington, DC 4 n/a n/a n/a Georgetown University Washington, DC 2 n/a n/a n/a Harvard University Cambridge, MA 23 n/a n/a n/a Howard University Washington, DC 2 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN 2 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 5 n/a n/a n/a Iowa State University Ames, IA 4 n/a n/a n/a Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 7 n/a n/a n/a Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 1 n/a n/a n/a Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA 1 n/a n/a n/a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans New Orleans, LA 6 n/a n/a n/a Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL 5 n/a n/a n/a Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC 1 n/a n/a n/a Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH 1 n/a n/a n/a Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 10 n/a n/a n/a Montana State University Bozeman, MT 4 n/a n/a n/a New York University New York, NY 3 n/a n/a n/a North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 0 n/a n/a n/a Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 7 n/a n/a n/a Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK 5 n/a n/a n/a Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR 4 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 3 n/a n/a n/a Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ 11 n/a n/a n/a Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO 2 n/a n/a n/a South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 1 n/a n/a n/a Stanford University Stanford, CA 19 n/a n/a n/a Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 6 n/a n/a n/a Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 3 n/a n/a n/a The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 4 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX 10 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston, TX 5 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 3 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 4 n/a n/a n/a Tufts University Medford, MA 9 n/a n/a n/a University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 13 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 3 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 12 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Davis Davis, CA 23 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA 2 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Chicago Chicago, IL 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Florida Gainesville, FL 15 n/a n/a n/a University of Georgia Athens, GA 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 6 n/a n/a n/a University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Louisville Louisville, KY 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Maine Orono, ME 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Maryland Baltimore Baltimore, MD 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Mississippi University, MS 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 3 n/a n/a n/a University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH 1 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA 19 n/a n/a n/a University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences San Juan, PR 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Rochester Rochester, NY 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Toledo Toledo, OH 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA 6 n/a n/a n/a University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA 19 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 21 n/a n/a n/a Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY 2 n/a n/a n/a Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 9 n/a n/a n/a Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 2 n/a n/a n/a Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 2 n/a n/a n/a Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO 28 n/a n/a n/a Wayne State University Detroit, MI 1 n/a n/a n/a West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 4 n/a n/a n/a Yale University New Haven, CT 16 n/a n/a n/a
Frequently asked questions How much do microbiological sciences and immunology graduates earn? Graduates of the typical master's program earned a median of $68,686 one year after finishing, in 2024 dollars.
How much debt do microbiological sciences and immunology graduate students take on? The typical program's graduates who borrowed left with a median of $46,828 in federal loans taken at that school. Undergraduate loans are not included.
Undergraduate: Microbiological Sciences and Immunology major
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field of study file, data release of October 15, 2026. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working, not enrolled. One-year figures: graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Four-year figures: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. More on the data .