Neurobiology and Neurosciences

11,488 students earn a neurobiology and neurosciences credential each year across 277 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $31,854
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $67,819

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 272 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts16$48,1251 year out——2Fordham UniversityBronx, New York21$47,9851 year out—$26,917 3Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts100$46,9931 year out$75,342—4Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota35$45,4501 year out—$24,177 5Union CollegeSchenectady, New York24$44,9271 year out$67,210$24,989 6Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut28$44,8231 year out—$24,022 7Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts35$44,6871 year out—$8,300 8Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont48$44,5851 year out—$11,900 9Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts124$43,8941 year out$76,104$25,000 10Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts2$43,8941 year out$76,104$25,000 11Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine28$43,3731 year out—$19,500 12Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York22$41,7521 year out—$16,000 13Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire40$41,6731 year out$71,866$18,061 14Coe CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa13$40,8671 year out—$27,000 15Pomona CollegeClaremont, California26$39,9671 year out——16University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania103$39,8801 year out$94,630$12,000 17Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, Massachusetts17$39,8421 year out$75,330$27,000 18University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire34$39,5731 year out$65,560$26,841 19University of New Hampshire at ManchesterManchester, New Hampshire12$39,5731 year out$65,560$26,841 20Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts121$39,0931 year out$73,425$26,000 21Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington47$39,0111 year out—$22,000 22Emmanuel CollegeBoston, Massachusetts20$39,0061 year out—$27,000 23Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts17$38,3871 year out——24University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California83$38,0631 year out$78,242$15,750 25Westminster UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah15$37,7351 year out——26Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana57$37,6121 year out—$21,177 27University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois59$37,2461 year out——28Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina95$37,2081 year out$73,810$12,645 29Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts31$36,7271 year out—$19,000 30Allegheny CollegeMeadville, Pennsylvania18$36,1781 year out$50,858$27,000 31University of St ThomasSaint Paul, Minnesota36$36,0591 year out—$27,000 32University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado147$35,9801 year out$69,375$21,900 33Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee28$35,5561 year out—$19,500 34Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois113$35,3341 year out—$16,948 35The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas262$34,8201 year out—$23,612 36Oberlin CollegeOberlin, Ohio28$34,5931 year out——37University of VermontBurlington, Vermont77$34,5471 year out$53,346$19,650 38William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia67$34,4961 year out$62,323$16,378 39Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois14$34,0691 year out$60,107$26,002 40Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York89$33,8931 year out$77,489$27,000 41University of San DiegoSan Diego, California67$33,6411 year out$84,851$25,000 42Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island74$33,5291 year out$73,645$9,250 43University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio99$33,0941 year out$65,724$25,000 44University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky108$33,0301 year out—$25,021 45Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey26$32,6471 year out——46Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan68$32,6441 year out—$24,946 47Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts54$32,3971 year out$57,832$26,499 48University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California177$32,0811 year out$69,515$19,000 49University of DelawareNewark, Delaware80$31,8541 year out$81,434$25,024 50University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin288$31,6871 year out—$21,750 51University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada82$30,9911 year out$63,332$21,377 52Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana40$30,9841 year out$54,430$15,012 53Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania100$30,9561 year out$51,432$26,000 54University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California171$30,5011 year out$79,689$17,149 55Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York52$30,2591 year out—$27,000 56Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island—$30,1721 year out$47,176$25,000 57The College of WoosterWooster, Ohio19$29,9421 year out—$23,250 58University of California-DavisDavis, California394$29,7651 year out$67,848$13,000 59Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio283$29,6381 year out$63,324$22,286 60Carthage CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin32$29,4541 year out$70,826$27,000 61Saint Edward's UniversityAustin, Texas24$29,4181 year out—$24,250 62Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania21$29,2501 year out$82,259$27,000 63Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia215$29,0811 year out—$23,000 64Drew UniversityMadison, New Jersey13$28,8811 year out—$25,000 65University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota90$28,4411 year out$70,275$23,124 66Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington44$28,3161 year out$59,721$18,647 67Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan49$28,2201 year out$64,601$27,000 68Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland126$28,1081 year out$70,736$12,750 69Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah124$27,9861 year out$68,183$13,978 70George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia80$27,8591 year out$88,888$23,750 71University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania169$27,7751 year out$64,114$23,000 72Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado58$27,4131 year out—$20,481 73Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan247$27,1831 year out$64,682$25,020 74North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois25$26,9081 year out—$23,323 75Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia153$26,6631 year out$66,695$18,246 76University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska24$26,4971 year out$60,474$16,885 77Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois106$26,2511 year out—$25,000 78University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois95$26,0741 year out$65,663$17,562 79Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee112$25,8301 year out$70,739$15,796 80New York UniversityNew York, New York57$25,5061 year out$65,392$19,500 81University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona148$25,4601 year out$62,984$21,754 82The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas239$25,3951 year out$59,090$19,611 83Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York256$25,2661 year out$75,089$20,250 84Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana118$25,2021 year out$67,819$22,945 85University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania34$25,0571 year out$61,736$27,000 86University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California46$25,0341 year out$63,496$19,500 87University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana136$24,6151 year out—$19,500 88Barnard CollegeNew York, New York63$24,5691 year out—$17,491 89Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas81$24,1001 year out$54,859$27,000 90University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan189$23,4681 year out$68,761$18,268 91University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington48$23,4641 year out$64,696$17,057 92Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia95$22,8651 year out$63,905$26,000 93Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri66$22,4591 year out—$27,000 94Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana118$22,2701 year out$69,033$19,500 95University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina155$22,1831 year out—$14,825 96University of California-IrvineIrvine, California55$21,8181 year out—$20,500 97The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee137$21,1381 year out—$18,500 98University of California-RiversideRiverside, California136$19,2861 year out$65,261$19,803 99Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida118—1 year out——100University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama112—1 year out—$20,450

Associate programs — 2 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——2University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash CollegeBlue Ash, Ohio1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 5 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri73—1 year out——2Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island25—1 year out——3University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania16—1 year out——4La Sierra UniversityRiverside, California1—1 year out——5University of Missouri-St LouisSaint Louis, Missouri1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).