Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Rice University

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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,643 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,364 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rice University in 2021, 34 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.

Rice Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology

Rice Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the neurobiology progam at Rice 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 Rice 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 Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	85

Neurobiology Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 34 neurobiology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Rice, about 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical neurobiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in neurobiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Rice 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
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular 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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Medical Scientists	5,240	$72,260
Biological Science Professors	4,470	$99,940
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Biological Scientists	2,100	$80,900

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.