Neuroscience

A program that focuses on the interdisciplinary scientific study of the molecular, structural, physiologic, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of the brain and nervous system. Includes instruction in molecular and cellular neuroscience, brain science, anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system, molecular and biochemical bases of information processing, behavioral neuroscience, biology of neuropsychiatric disorders, and applications to the clinical sciences and biomedical engineering.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 319 institutions across the United States, with a total of 35156 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

115

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

10,290

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

471

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

774

degrees awarded

Other Awards

23,467

awards given

Top Schools for Neuroscience

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	1,020
2	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	903
3	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	900
4	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	807
5	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	807
6	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	768
7	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	645
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	630
9	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	558
10	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	525
11	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	501
12	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	475
13	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	462
14	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	462
15	Emory University Atlanta, GA	459
16	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	444
17	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	435
18	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	426
19	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	426
20	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	414
21	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	411
22	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	408
23	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	393
24	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	384
25	Boston University Boston, MA	381
26	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	372
27	Northeastern University Boston, MA	372
28	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	369
29	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	339
30	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	339
31	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	339
32	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	336
33	Duke University Durham, NC	318
34	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	312
35	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	300
36	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	298
37	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	282
38	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	282
39	Yale University New Haven, CT	279
40	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	270
41	Brown University Providence, RI	264
42	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	258
43	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	258
44	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	258
45	University of Delaware Newark, DE	258
46	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	252
47	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	249
48	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	246
49	Baylor University Waco, TX	243
50	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	243
51	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	228
52	New York University New York, NY	222
53	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	204
54	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	201
55	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	201
56	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	201
57	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	198
58	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	195
59	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	195
60	Barnard College New York, NY	189
61	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	183
62	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	174
63	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	162
64	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	159
65	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	156
66	Trinity University San Antonio, TX	153
67	Washington State University Pullman, WA	150
68	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	147
69	George Washington University Washington, DC	147
70	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	144
71	Lafayette College Easton, PA	144
72	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	144
73	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	141
74	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	141
75	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	141
76	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	138
77	Rice University Houston, TX	135
78	Colby College Waterville, ME	132
79	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	129
80	Parker University Dallas, TX	126
81	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	123
82	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	123
83	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	117
84	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	117
85	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN	108
86	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	105
87	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	105
88	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	105
89	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	102
90	University of Scranton Scranton, PA	102
91	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	102
92	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	99
93	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	96
94	Carthage College Kenosha, WI	96
95	DePaul University Chicago, IL	93
96	Smith College Northampton, MA	93
97	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	93
98	Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL	90
99	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	90
100	Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	87