Neurosciences at Rice University

Every neurosciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the neurosciences program at Rice University stacks up to those at other schools.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,643 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Neurosciences section at the bottom of this page.

Rice Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurosciences

Rice Neurosciences Rankings

The neurosciences major at Rice 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 Rice

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

Rice Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of neurosciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical neurosciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in neurosciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
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.