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CIP PROGRAM: 26.0503
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology.

Summary: A program that focuses on the scientific study of pathogenic bacteria that are significant factors in causing or facilitating human disease. Includes instruction in the pathogenesis of bacterial diseases, bacterial genetics and physiology, bacterial anatomy and structure, antigens, bacterial reproduction, bacterial adhesion, phagocytes, and the identification of new or mutated bacteria and bacterial agents.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 - 462 227
2021 - 457 278
2022 - 466 240
2023 - 513 336
2024 - 453 419
Change - +11.04% +48.02%

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26.0599 Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology.