Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Reed College

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

Reed is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 1,385 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in neurobiology from Reed.

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.

Reed Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology

Reed Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks neurobiology programs across the country. The following shows how Reed performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The neurobiology major at Reed 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	45
Most Focused Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	51
Most Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	158
Most Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	173

Neurobiology Student Demographics at Reed

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

Reed Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 neurobiology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Reed. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical neurobiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Reed since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• 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 OR, the home state for Reed College.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Medical Scientists	1,720	$90,050
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Biological Scientists	770	$69,930
Biological Science Professors	470	$96,920

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.