Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,289 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern Kentucky University in 2021, 7 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.

NKU Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology

NKU Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the neurobiology progam at NKU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The neurobiology major at NKU 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
Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Most Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	188

Neurobiology Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 neurobiology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NKU, about 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical neurobiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in neurobiology at NKU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Physiology & Pathology Sciences
• 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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Biological Science Professors	680	$70,600
Medical Scientists	420	$77,160
Natural Sciences Managers	300	$110,070
Biological Scientists	220	$64,780

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.