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Neuroscience at Emory

Emory graduates about 153 neuroscience majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 9th of 275 schools we score for neuroscience, a standout program at 93 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $74,000 four years out, 1.18× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $693 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

93/100Standout#9 of 275 for neuroscience →
Graduates a year1537% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$74,0001.18× the same major nationally
Research in the field$693Ma year, NSF
Admit rate10%whole school
SAT middle 50%1430–1550whole school

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Where neuroscience happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: EPS Neuroscience Building, Woodruff Health Sciences Administration Building, Mathematics and Science Center, Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Health Sciences Research Building I, Health Sciences Research Building II.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 95 · Dorm 10 · Chapel 3 · Athletics 2 · Library 2 · Arts 2.

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Nearby in the neuroscience ranking

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 96
  2. Duke University 95
  3. Dartmouth College 95
  4. Vanderbilt University 94
  5. University of Chicago 93
  6. Brown University 93
  7. Johns Hopkins University 92
  8. Columbia University 92

Other strong majors at Emory

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Emory with every school we score in neuroscience. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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