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.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 236 | 5% | $26,866 | |
| 2 | 219 | 2% | $27,367 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 197 | 2% | $30,298 |
| 4 | 165 | 1% | $28,862 | |
| 5 | University of California-Los Angeles | 146 | 1% | $34,620 |
| 6 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 146 | 2% | $33,503 |
| 7 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 143 | 2% | $29,286 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins University | 128 | 2% | $71,901 |
| 9 | Emory University | 125 | 3% | $69,502 |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Austin | 123 | 1% | $26,506 |
| 11 | University of California-Riverside | 121 | 2% | $35,242 |
| 12 | Brigham Young University-Provo | 120 | 2% | $18,776 |
| 13 | Northeastern University | 119 | 2% | $70,592 |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 117 | 1% | $26,025 |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 115 | 4% | $71,801 |
| 16 | University of Pennsylvania | 113 | 2% | $74,408 |
| 17 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 107 | 1% | $24,779 |
| 18 | Boston University | 99 | 1% | $72,618 |
| 19 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 92 | 1% | $76,856 |
| 20 | University of Arizona | 91 | 1% | $29,217 |
| 21 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 90 | 1% | $30,866 |
| 22 | Northwestern University | 86 | 1% | $74,649 |
| 23 | Duke University | 84 | 2% | $74,339 |
| 24 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 84 | 1% | $27,898 |
| 25 | 83 | 1% | $26,014 | |
| 26 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 82 | 1% | $26,834 |
| 27 | Temple University | 82 | 1% | $33,004 |
| 28 | College of William and Mary | 81 | 3% | $39,221 |
| 29 | Vanderbilt University | 78 | 2% | $70,146 |
| 30 | University of Nevada-Reno | 77 | 2% | $25,039 |
| 31 | University of San Diego | 76 | 3% | $67,498 |
| 32 | University of Southern California | 69 | 0% | $74,825 |
| 33 | University of Colorado Boulder | 68 | 1% | $31,044 |
| 34 | University of Miami | 65 | 1% | $68,460 |
| 35 | Brown University | 64 | 3% | $73,802 |
| 36 | George Mason University | 58 | 1% | $30,284 |
| 37 | Brandeis University | 58 | 3% | $73,335 |
| 38 | University of Delaware | 57 | 1% | $29,342 |
| 39 | Central Michigan University | 53 | 1% | $24,889 |
| 40 | New York University | 51 | 0% | $73,566 |
| 41 | 50 | 1% | $27,484 | |
| 42 | University of Vermont | 47 | 2% | $34,210 |
| 43 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 46 | 1% | $36,217 |
| 44 | Colgate University | 43 | 6% | $72,275 |
| 45 | Dartmouth College | 43 | 2% | $74,359 |
| 46 | Princeton University | 41 | 2% | $70,900 |
| 47 | Wellesley College | 38 | 6% | $72,250 |
| 48 | Baylor University | 37 | 1% | $62,527 |
| 49 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 37 | 1% | $33,750 |
| 50 | Barnard College | 36 | 6% | $74,777 |
| 51 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis | 35 | 0% | $22,537 |
| 52 | Rhodes College | 34 | 7% | $63,040 |
| 53 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 33 | 1% | $22,300 |
| 54 | Washington University in St Louis | 33 | 1% | $74,361 |
| 55 | Middlebury College | 33 | 4% | $71,980 |
| 56 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33 | 0% | $27,476 |
| 57 | Muhlenberg College | 32 | 5% | $67,535 |
| 58 | Lehigh University | 31 | 2% | $68,595 |
| 59 | Lafayette College | 31 | 5% | $71,270 |
| 60 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 31 | 1% | $26,336 |
| 61 | Union College | 29 | 6% | $70,860 |
| 62 | Bowdoin College | 29 | 6% | $70,710 |
| 63 | Creighton University | 28 | 2% | $54,952 |
| 64 | University of St Thomas | 28 | 1% | $56,664 |
| 65 | Connecticut College | 27 | 6% | $71,970 |
| 66 | Vassar College | 26 | 4% | $72,760 |
| 67 | University of Kentucky | 26 | 0% | $30,101 |
| 68 | Trinity University | 26 | 4% | $58,840 |
| 69 | Macalester College | 25 | 5% | $68,627 |
| 70 | Western Washington University | 25 | 1% | $24,077 |
| 71 | Trinity College | 24 | 4% | $74,160 |
| 72 | Bates College | 24 | 5% | $71,168 |
| 73 | Pomona College | 24 | 6% | $71,996 |
| 74 | University of Scranton | 24 | 2% | $62,686 |
| 75 | Oberlin College | 24 | 3% | $74,636 |
| 76 | Washington and Lee University | 24 | 5% | $70,500 |
| 77 | Smith College | 23 | 3% | $72,701 |
| 78 | Carnegie Mellon University | 23 | 0% | $72,283 |
| 79 | Ponce Health Sciences University | 23 | 17% | $13,726 |
| 80 | Grand Valley State University | 22 | 0% | $24,948 |
| 81 | Saint Louis University | 22 | 1% | $61,018 |
| 82 | The College of Wooster | 22 | 5% | $64,000 |
| 83 | Skidmore College | 21 | 3% | $71,730 |
| 84 | Amherst College | 21 | 5% | $73,966 |
| 85 | Kenyon College | 21 | 5% | $71,780 |
| 86 | Fordham University | 20 | 0% | $74,265 |
| 87 | Lake Forest College | 20 | 5% | $60,980 |
| 88 | Mount Holyoke College | 19 | 3% | $66,558 |
| 89 | Emmanuel College | 19 | 4% | $58,153 |
| 90 | 18 | 0% | $26,231 | |
| 91 | Ursinus College | 18 | 5% | $68,122 |
| 92 | Carthage College | 18 | 3% | $59,240 |
| 93 | Agnes Scott College | 18 | 10% | $55,625 |
| 94 | Hamilton College | 18 | 4% | $69,990 |
| 95 | Franklin and Marshall College | 18 | 3% | $73,070 |
| 96 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 18 | 1% | $70,240 |
| 97 | University of Chicago | 17 | 0% | $78,555 |
| 98 | Westminster College | 17 | 2% | $48,264 |
| 99 | Allegheny College | 17 | 4% | $63,180 |
| 100 | Bucknell University | 17 | 2% | $72,750 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Neuroscience program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.