Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Macalester College

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

Macalester is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 2,049 students attend the school each year. Of the 585 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Macalester College in 2021, 30 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.

Macalester Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology

Macalester Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the neurobiology progam at Macalester 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 Macalester 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 Focused Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	10
Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	18
	40
	45
Most Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Most Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	96
Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	121

Earnings of Macalester Neurobiology Graduates

The median salary of neurobiology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Macalester is $35,029. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $28,675 for all neurobiology bachelor's degree recipients.

Neurobiology Student Demographics at Macalester

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

Macalester Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in neurobiology from Macalester in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Macalester College with a bachelor's in neurobiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Macalester also has a doctoral program available in neurobiology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 MN, the home state for Macalester College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Medical Scientists	2,920	$92,920
Natural Sciences Managers	1,490	$125,780
Biological Science Professors	760	$84,240
Biological Scientists	480	$73,770

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 Appraiser under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.