Neurosciences at Amherst College

47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study neurosciences, take a look at what Amherst College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,745.

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

Amherst Neurosciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Neurosciences

Amherst Neurosciences Rankings

The neurosciences major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Neurosciences Student Demographics at Amherst

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

Amherst Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

65% Women

47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of neurosciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical neurosciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Amherst since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its neurosciences 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 neurosciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Neurosciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in neurosciences 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
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
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