Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Duke University

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

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and approximately 16,172 students attend the school each year.

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.

Duke Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology
• Master’s Degree in Neurobiology

Duke Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

The neurobiology major at Duke 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.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in neurobiology, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Neurobiology Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of neurobiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Duke University with a bachelor's in neurobiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	38
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Duke Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of neurobiology master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a neurobiology master's degree from Duke, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Duke University with a master's in neurobiology.

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

Concentrations Within Neurobiology & Neurosciences

If you plan to be a neurobiology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Duke University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Neurosciences	84

Related Majors

• Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Physiology & Pathology Sciences
• Genetics
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics 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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Medical Scientists	4,500	$98,740
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Biological Science Professors	1,990	$76,320
Biological Scientists	1,070	$83,380

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.