Neurobiology & Neurosciences at University of California - Los Angeles

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

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589.

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.

UCLA Neurobiology & Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurobiology

UCLA Neurobiology & Neurosciences Rankings

The neurobiology major at UCLA 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.

Neurobiology Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of neurobiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical neurobiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in neurobiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	56
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	47
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Concentrations Within Neurobiology & Neurosciences

If you plan to be a neurobiology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Neurosciences	188

Related Majors

• Genetics
• Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology

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 University of California - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.