Neurosciences at Georgetown University

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

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 students attend the school each year.

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

Georgetown Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Neurosciences

Georgetown Neurosciences Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in neurosciences, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Neurosciences Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Neurosciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of neurosciences master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in neurosciences each year. Georgetown does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a neurosciences master's degree from Georgetown, 58% 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 Georgetown University with a master's in neurosciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Neurobiology & Anatomy

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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Natural Sciences Managers	1,200	$132,310
Biological Scientists	520	$104,460
Biological Science Professors	390	$142,760

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.