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Best Schools for Neuroscience in 2026

97 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

These are the top schools offering Neuroscience, ranked by DegreeWorth Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Neuroscience graduate earns $32,455/yr across 97 schools.

Programs Ranked

Avg Earnings

$32,455/yr

Avg DW Score

38/100

AI Risk

High

53% task exposure

All Neuroscience Programs Ranked

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

#	Program	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	Neuroscience Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	51 41–56	$27,986/yr	High	25.2x
2	Neuroscience University of Nevada-Reno · Reno, NV	49 40–55	$30,991/yr	High	16.6x
3	Neuroscience University of New Hampshire at Manchester · Manchester, NH	49 42–53	$39,573/yr	High	9.4x
4	Neuroscience Western Washington University · Bellingham, WA	53 49–52	$39,011/yr	High	9.5x
5	Neuroscience University of California-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA	45 34–54	$30,501/yr	High	13.5x
6	Neuroscience University of Nebraska at Omaha · Omaha, NE	46 36–53	$26,497/yr	High	17.1x
7	Neuroscience Binghamton University · Vestal, NY	45 32–53	$25,266/yr	High	17.1x
8	Neuroscience George Mason University · Fairfax, VA	44 32–54	$27,859/yr	High	15.1x
9	Neuroscience University of Colorado Boulder · Boulder, CO	46 38–51	$35,980/yr	High	9.6x
10	Neuroscience Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA	45 32–53	$22,865/yr	High	17.8x
11	Neuroscience University of New Hampshire-Main Campus · Durham, NH	47 40–50	$39,573/yr	High	7.6x
12	Neuroscience University of Cincinnati-Main Campus · Cincinnati, OH	45 37–51	$33,094/yr	High	11.1x
13	Neuroscience Purdue University-Main Campus · West Lafayette, IN	50 46–50	$37,612/yr	High	8.4x
14	Neuroscience University of Delaware · Newark, DE	44 34–53	$31,854/yr	High	11.7x
15	Neuroscience Indiana University-Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN	45 37–50	$30,984/yr	High	12.0x
16	Neuroscience University of California-San Diego · La Jolla, CA	43 35–50	$32,081/yr	High	10.4x
17	Neuroscience Indiana University-Bloomington · Bloomington, IN	41 31–51	$25,202/yr	High	13.4x
18	Neuroscience Harvard University · Cambridge, MA	45 38–47	$46,993/yr	High	2.2x
19	Neuroscience Ohio State University-Main Campus · Columbus, OH	43 34–50	$29,638/yr	High	11.3x
20	Neuroscience University of California-Davis · Davis, CA	41 32–49	$29,765/yr	High	10.1x
21	Neuroscience Rhode Island College · Providence, RI	43 36–46	$30,172/yr	High	9.7x
22	Neuroscience Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA	44 39–45	$48,125/yr	High	1.0x
23	Neuroscience Northeastern University · Boston, MA	43 36–46	$43,894/yr	High	2.0x
24	Neuroscience Central Michigan University · Mount Pleasant, MI	40 32–48	$28,220/yr	High	10.4x
25	Neuroscience Fordham University · Bronx, NY	44 38–45	$47,985/yr	High	0.9x
26	Neuroscience Union College · Schenectady, NY	42 37–45	$44,927/yr	High	1.5x
27	Neuroscience The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX	45 41–45	$34,820/yr	High	6.5x
28	Neuroscience University of Vermont · Burlington, VT	42 36–45	$34,547/yr	High	6.1x
29	Neuroscience Washington State University · Pullman, WA	41 33–48	$28,316/yr	High	10.5x
30	Neuroscience University of Washington-Seattle Campus · Seattle, WA	39 29–49	$23,464/yr	High	11.8x
31	Neuroscience University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ	39 30–48	$25,460/yr	High	10.6x
32	Neuroscience University of Illinois Chicago · Chicago, IL	39 30–48	$26,074/yr	High	10.4x
33	Neuroscience Macalester College · Saint Paul, MN	42 37–44	$45,450/yr	High	0.8x
34	Neuroscience University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN	40 31–48	$28,441/yr	High	9.7x
35	Neuroscience University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA	40 33–46	$39,880/yr	High	2.6x
36	Neuroscience William & Mary · Williamsburg, VA	41 34–44	$34,496/yr	High	5.2x
37	Neuroscience University of California-Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA	38 29–47	$25,034/yr	High	9.9x
38	Neuroscience Trinity College · Hartford, CT	42 36–44	$44,823/yr	High	0.7x
39	Neuroscience University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY	42 37–43	$33,030/yr	High	5.2x
40	Neuroscience Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME	41 35–43	$43,373/yr	High	0.7x
41	Neuroscience Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA	42 36–44	$44,687/yr	High	0.7x
42	Neuroscience Wheaton College (Massachusetts) · Norton, MA	40 33–43	$39,842/yr	High	2.0x
43	Neuroscience Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI	38 30–46	$27,183/yr	High	9.1x
44	Neuroscience Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH	41 34–43	$41,673/yr	High	1.7x
45	Neuroscience Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT	42 36–43	$44,585/yr	High	0.7x
46	Neuroscience University of California-Riverside · Riverside, CA	36 26–49	$19,286/yr	High	10.5x
47	Neuroscience Boston University · Boston, MA	39 32–42	$39,093/yr	High	1.8x
48	Neuroscience Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI	41 36–42	$32,644/yr	High	4.6x
49	Neuroscience Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY	40 34–42	$41,752/yr	High	0.5x
50	Neuroscience The University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX	38 29–45	$25,395/yr	High	9.1x
51	Neuroscience University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI	42 37–43	$31,687/yr	High	6.1x
52	Neuroscience University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA	38 31–42	$38,063/yr	High	1.9x
53	Neuroscience Coe College · Cedar Rapids, IA	40 35–41	$40,867/yr	High	0.9x
54	Neuroscience University of Michigan-Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI	36 27–46	$23,468/yr	High	9.0x
55	Neuroscience Temple University · Philadelphia, PA	38 31–41	$30,956/yr	High	4.8x
56	Neuroscience Pomona College · Claremont, CA	39 33–40	$39,967/yr	High	0.6x
57	Neuroscience University of San Diego · San Diego, CA	36 28–42	$33,641/yr	High	2.8x
58	Neuroscience Emmanuel College · Boston, MA	39 34–40	$39,006/yr	High	1.1x
59	Neuroscience Duke University · Durham, NC	37 31–41	$37,208/yr	High	1.8x
60	Neuroscience University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · Pittsburgh, PA	37 29–42	$27,775/yr	High	6.4x
61	Neuroscience Westminster University · Salt Lake City, UT	39 33–40	$37,735/yr	High	1.3x
62	Neuroscience Amherst College · Amherst, MA	37 32–39	$38,387/yr	High	0.4x
63	Neuroscience Carthage College · Kenosha, WI	35 26–40	$29,454/yr	High	3.9x
64	Neuroscience Colorado State University-Fort Collins · Fort Collins, CO	37 32–38	$27,413/yr	High	4.3x
65	Neuroscience Augustana College · Rock Island, IL	35 29–39	$34,069/yr	High	2.0x
66	Neuroscience University of Chicago · Chicago, IL	36 31–38	$37,246/yr	High	0.4x
67	Neuroscience Smith College · Northampton, MA	36 30–38	$36,727/yr	High	0.5x
68	Neuroscience University of St Thomas · Saint Paul, MN	36 31–38	$36,059/yr	High	0.7x
69	Neuroscience Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY	34 28–39	$33,893/yr	High	1.8x
70	Neuroscience Allegheny College · Meadville, PA	36 30–38	$36,178/yr	High	1.3x
71	Neuroscience Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, VA	37 32–38	$29,081/yr	High	3.7x
72	Neuroscience Northwestern University · Evanston, IL	35 29–37	$35,334/yr	High	0.3x
73	Neuroscience University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN	28 22–30	$24,615/yr	High	-0.0x
74	Neuroscience Barnard College · New York, NY	27 22–30	$24,569/yr	High	-0.1x
75	Neuroscience University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC	36 31–37	$22,183/yr	High	5.2x
76	Neuroscience Brown University · Providence, RI	34 27–38	$33,529/yr	High	1.7x
77	Neuroscience Rhodes College · Memphis, TN	35 30–37	$35,556/yr	High	0.6x
78	Neuroscience Oberlin College · Oberlin, OH	34 28–36	$34,593/yr	High	0.3x
79	Neuroscience Muhlenberg College · Allentown, PA	32 24–38	$29,250/yr	High	2.4x
80	Neuroscience Brandeis University · Waltham, MA	33 26–35	$32,397/yr	High	1.2x
81	Neuroscience Princeton University · Princeton, NJ	33 27–35	$32,647/yr	High	0.4x
82	Neuroscience University of California-Irvine · Irvine, CA	33 28–34	$21,818/yr	High	2.8x
83	Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD	30 23–35	$28,108/yr	High	1.8x
84	Neuroscience The University of Tennessee-Knoxville · Knoxville, TN	33 27–34	$21,138/yr	High	2.9x
85	Neuroscience Emory University · Atlanta, GA	29 23–34	$26,663/yr	High	1.7x
86	Neuroscience Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY	31 25–33	$30,259/yr	High	0.2x
87	Neuroscience The College of Wooster · Wooster, OH	31 25–33	$29,942/yr	High	0.3x
88	Neuroscience Drew University · Madison, NJ	30 25–32	$28,881/yr	High	0.6x
89	Neuroscience New York University · New York, NY	29 22–34	$25,506/yr	High	1.7x
90	Neuroscience University of Scranton · Scranton, PA	29 22–34	$25,057/yr	High	2.0x
91	Neuroscience Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN	29 22–34	$25,830/yr	High	1.8x
92	Neuroscience Saint Edward's University · Austin, TX	30 25–32	$29,418/yr	High	0.4x
93	Neuroscience North Central College · Naperville, IL	29 23–31	$26,908/yr	High	0.5x
94	Neuroscience Tulane University of Louisiana · New Orleans, LA	27 21–33	$22,270/yr	High	1.6x
95	Neuroscience Baylor University · Waco, TX	28 22–32	$24,100/yr	High	1.5x
96	Neuroscience Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL	28 23–30	$26,251/yr	High	0.3x
97	Neuroscience Saint Louis University · Saint Louis, MO	27 21–29	$22,459/yr	High	0.1x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (10-year projected earnings vs. 4-year tuition).

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Neuroscience?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, Brigham Young University ranks #1 for Neuroscience with a score of 51/100 and graduate earnings of $27,986/yr.

How much do Neuroscience graduates earn?

Across 97 schools, Neuroscience graduates earn an average of $32,455/yr in their first year. The highest-earning program reports $48,125/yr.

Is Neuroscience a good major for AI resistance?

Neuroscience has an average AI task exposure of 53%, rated "High". This field has significant AI exposure. Check individual program pages for scenario analysis.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.