Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Swarthmore College

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

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,437 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in neurobiology from Swarthmore.

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.

Swarthmore Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology

Swarthmore Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the neurobiology progam at Swarthmore 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 Swarthmore 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
	30
Most Popular Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	198

Neurobiology Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in neurobiology from Swarthmore in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical neurobiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 1% 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 Swarthmore College with a bachelor's in neurobiology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• 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 PA, the home state for Swarthmore College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Medical Scientists	7,970	$114,370
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Biological Science Professors	3,250	$94,510
Biological Scientists	660	$73,550

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 Nelson Pavlosky under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.