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Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Bowdoin College

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Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Bowdoin College

What traits are you looking for in a neurobiology school? To help you decide if Bowdoin College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's neurobiology program.

Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and approximately 1,777 students attend the school each year. Of the 619 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in 2021, 25 of them were neurobiology and neurosciences majors.

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.

Bowdoin Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology

Bowdoin Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The neurobiology major at Bowdoin 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
Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools 1
Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 1
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Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 18
Most Focused Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 26
Most Focused Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools 28
Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools 30
Most Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 104
Most Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools 107

Neurobiology Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The neurobiology program at Bowdoin awarded 25 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women. The typical neurobiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

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About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in neurobiology at Bowdoin are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Bowdoin College with a bachelor's in neurobiology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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

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 ME, the home state for Bowdoin College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
Natural Sciences Managers 300 $135,840
Biological Science Professors 240 $74,460
Medical Scientists 180 $109,900

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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