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Neuroscience at Lafayette College

Lafayette College graduates about 48 neuroscience majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 40th of 275 schools we score for neuroscience, a standout program at 83 out of 100.

83/100Standout#40 of 275 for neuroscience →
Graduates a year487% of the class
Research in the field$375Ka year, NSF
Admit rate31%whole school
SAT middle 50%1330–1480whole school

Around Lafayette College

Translation of ZG 116
What is to be donePhoto: Alishag1590 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A plaque about the Lafayette-Lehigh Football rivalry on the campus of Lafayette
Plaque at Lafayette CollegePhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Statue of Lafayette at Lafayette College, Easton Pennsylvania. Daniel Chester Fr
Statue of Lafayette at Lafayette CollegePhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Kirby Hall of Civil Rights , Warren and Wetmore, 1929-1930. Lafayette College, E
Kirby Hall of Civil Rights, Lafayette CollegePhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where neuroscience happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Hugel Science Center, Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 72 · Academic 37 · Athletics 4 · Offices 1 · Library 1 · Chapel 1.

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Nearby in the neuroscience ranking

  1. University of California, Los Angeles 84
  2. Tulane University of Louisiana 84
  3. New York University 83
  4. United States Military Academy at West Point 83
  5. University of Pittsburgh 82
  6. Boston University 82
  7. Trinity University 82
  8. University of California, Berkeley 81

Other strong majors at Lafayette College

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Lafayette College 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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