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Neuroscience at UNC

UNC graduates about 155 neuroscience majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 28th of 275 schools we score for neuroscience, a standout program at 86 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $725 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

86/100Standout#28 of 275 for neuroscience →
Graduates a year1553% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$22,000
Research in the field$725Ma year, NSF
Admit rate17%whole school
SAT middle 50%1350–1530whole school

Around UNC

Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina Center for Genome Sciences UNCCH 20140901Photo: Bbfd · CC0 · source
Student & Academic Services Buildings (SASB) South, University of North Caro
Student & Academic Services Buildings South UNCCH 20140830Photo: Bbfd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
South Campus Study Commons, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
South Campus Study Commons interior UNCCH 20141010Photo: Bbfd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Hardin Residence Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Hardin Residence Hall at UNCPhoto: Mx. Granger · CC0 · source

Where neuroscience happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Genome Sciences Building, Health Science Library, Koury Oral Health Sciences Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 100 · Dorm 53 · Athletics 14 · Arts 7 · Library 4 · Offices 2.

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Nearby in the neuroscience ranking

  1. Swarthmore College 88
  2. Tufts University 87
  3. Middlebury College 87
  4. Wellesley College 87
  5. University of Southern California 86
  6. Vassar College 86
  7. Smith College 86
  8. Haverford College 86

Other strong majors at UNC

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UNC 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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