Magnify your career options
Careers
Study the power of microorganisms and the role they play in human, animal, and plant health. As a microbiology major, you’ll embrace the unknown and gain the experience you need to achieve your big dreams.
Career opportunities:
- Microbiologist
- Medical doctor
- Veterinarian
- Pharmacist
- Research scientist
- Food technologist
- Industrial technician
- Pharmacologist
- Physician assistant
- Forensic scientist
- Water quality scientist
- Pathologist
- Environmental scientist
- Science writer or communications specialist
You may choose to deepen your understanding and broaden your career options through graduate, medical, veterinary, law or pharmacy school.