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Neuroscience at SLU

SLU graduates about 66 neuroscience majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 68th of 275 schools we score for neuroscience, a strong program at 75 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $33 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year664% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$22,000
Research in the field$33Ma year, NSF
Admit rate75%whole school
SAT middle 50%1210–1400whole school

Around SLU

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Fox Theatre (C. Howard Crane, 1929), University Club Building (Eames and Young,
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Where neuroscience happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Sinquefield Science and Engineering Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 55 · Dorm 17 · Athletics 8 · Student housing 8 · Library 2 · Arts 2.

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Nearby in the neuroscience ranking

  1. The Ohio State University 76
  2. Skidmore College 76
  3. Occidental College 76
  4. University of Maryland, College Park 75
  5. Macalester College 75
  6. Mount Holyoke College 75
  7. University of Alabama at Birmingham 74
  8. University of Washington 74

Other strong majors at SLU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares SLU 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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