Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391.

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.

Harvard Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology

Harvard Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

The neurobiology major at Harvard 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 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in neurobiology, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Neurobiology Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of neurobiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical neurobiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Harvard since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Harvard University with a bachelor's in neurobiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	32
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Neurobiology & Neurosciences

Neurobiology & Neurosciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Harvard University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Neurosciences	62
Neurobiology & Anatomy	24

Related Majors

• Genetics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• Biotechnology

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Medical Scientists	13,430	$92,980
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
• Image Credit: By Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.