Neurosciences at Harvard University

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

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 Neurosciences section at the bottom of this page.

Harvard Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurosciences

Harvard Neurosciences Rankings

The neurosciences major at Harvard is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Neurosciences Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of neurosciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical neurosciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Harvard since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its neurosciences 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 neurosciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	30
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
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.