Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Emory University

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

Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 13,997 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,691 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Emory University in 2021, 152 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.

Emory Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology

Emory Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the neurobiology progam at Emory 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 Emory 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 Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	15
	111

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in neurobiology from Emory. This is the #68 most popular school for neurobiology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Neurobiology Graduates from Emory Make?

The median salary of neurobiology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Emory is $29,531. This is 3% higher than $28,675, which is the national average for all neurobiology bachelor's degree recipients.

Neurobiology Student Demographics at Emory

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

Emory Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 152 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Neurobiology & Neurosciences from Emory in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical neurobiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Emory since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Emory University with a bachelor's in neurobiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	62
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	47
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Emory 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
• Genetics
• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics 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 GA, the home state for Emory University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Medical Scientists	1,710	$75,800
Biological Scientists	1,040	$72,460
Biological Science Professors	740	$96,830

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 Mpspqr under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.