Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Amherst College

If you are interested in studying neurobiology and neurosciences, you may want to check out the program at Amherst College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 1,745 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in neurobiology from Amherst.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Neurobiology & Neurosciences section at the bottom of this page.

Amherst Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology

Amherst Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the neurobiology progam at Amherst compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The neurobiology major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Neurobiology & Neurosciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Most Focused Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	25
Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	52
Most Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	118
Most Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	123
	130
	154
Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	174

Neurobiology Student Demographics at Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the neurobiology majors at Amherst College.

Amherst Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

The neurobiology program at Amherst awarded 20 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 35% of these degrees went to men with the other 65% going to women. The typical neurobiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Amherst since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its neurobiology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor's in neurobiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Amherst also has a doctoral program available in neurobiology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• General Biology

Careers That Neurobiology Grads May Go Into

A degree in neurobiology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Medical Scientists	13,430	$92,980
Biological Scientists	4,470	$84,790
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Biological Science Professors	2,220	$112,390

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.