Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Santa Clara University

If you are interested in studying neurobiology and neurosciences, you may want to check out the program at Santa Clara University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 8,616 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,656 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University in 2021, 27 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.

SCU Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology

SCU Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the neurobiology progam at SCU 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 SCU 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 Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
	14
Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	16
Most Focused Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools	169

Neurobiology Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Neurobiology & Neurosciences from SCU in 2020-2021, 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical neurobiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at SCU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in neurobiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SCU 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 CA, the home state for Santa Clara University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370

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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.