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Neuroscience at UC Davis

UC Davis graduates about 584 neuroscience majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 64th of 275 schools we score for neuroscience, a strong program at 76 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $65,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $382 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year5847% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$65,0000.96× the same major nationally
Research in the field$382Ma year, NSF
Admit rate44%whole school

Around UC Davis

UC Davis Health Stadium, home of the UC Davis Aggies football
UC Davis Health Stadium aerial view 2024Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0 · source
UCD Health Stadium front gate (Gate 1) with tule fog in December 2025
UCDHS Tule FogPhoto: Wasian127 · CC BY 4.0 · source
UC Davis vs Montana State during a home game in the 2024 Season
AgStadium vs Montana State '24Photo: Wasian127 · CC BY 4.0 · source
UC Davis Health Stadium, home of the UC Davis Aggies football
UC Davis Health Stadium view from above 2024Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0 · source

Where neuroscience happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Medical Sciences 1E, Medical Sciences 1D, Medical Sciences 1B, Medical Sciences 1C, Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, Bowley Plant Science Teaching Facility, Animal Sciences Teaching Facility 1, Animal Sciences Teaching Facility 2, Watershed Science Research Center, Earth and Physical Sciences, Plant and Environmental Sciences Building, Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 204 · Student housing 77 · Dorm 48 · Athletics 12 · Arts 6 · Dining 3.

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Nearby in the neuroscience ranking

  1. Washington and Lee University 78
  2. Georgia Institute of Technology 77
  3. William & Mary 77
  4. Connecticut College 77
  5. The Ohio State University 76
  6. Skidmore College 76
  7. Occidental College 76
  8. University of Maryland, College Park 75

Other strong majors at UC Davis

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Davis 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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