Get my odds
Los Angeles, CA · Neuroscience

Neuroscience at UCLA

UCLA graduates about 408 neuroscience majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 38th of 275 schools we score for neuroscience, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $83,000 four years out, 1.10× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $713 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

84/100Standout#38 of 275 for neuroscience →
Graduates a year4084% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$83,0001.10× the same major nationally
Research in the field$713Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school

Around UCLA

Six YAL activists gathered with Gadsden Flag and beach ball at the University of
YAL activists at the University of California, Los AngelesPhoto: YAL Editors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
This photo was taken by Dr. Tao's colleague at a physics lecture he attended on
Professor Tao with his Devoted StudentsPhoto: SATSAT2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Aerial view of UCLA campus and Westwood, California, facing southeast
UCLA campus and WestwoodPhoto: Rick Meyer, Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0 · source
UCLA Veterans Social 264
UCLA Veterans Social 264 (5715096209)Photo: SupportPDX from Portland, Oregon, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where neuroscience happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Brain Research Institute, Reed Neurological Research Center, Center for Health Sciences, Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Terasaki Life Sciences Building, Neuroscience Research Building, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Math Sciences, Factor Health Sciences Building, Life Sciences Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 89 · Dorm 20 · Arts 8 · Athletics 7 · Dining 6 · Library 4.

Open the full-screen campus map →

Nearby in the neuroscience ranking

  1. Barnard College 85
  2. Brandeis University 85
  3. Carnegie Mellon University 85
  4. Georgetown University 85
  5. Tulane University of Louisiana 84
  6. New York University 83
  7. United States Military Academy at West Point 83
  8. Lafayette College 83

Other strong majors at UCLA

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UCLA 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.

See your odds at UCLA Everything about UCLA