Neurosciences at University of Chicago

What traits are you looking for in a neurosciences school? To help you decide if University of Chicago is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's neurosciences program.

UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 17,834 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.

UChicago Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurosciences
• Master’s Degree in Neurosciences

UChicago Neurosciences Rankings

The neurosciences major at UChicago 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 UChicago

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

UChicago Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of neurosciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical neurosciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UChicago since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 University of Chicago with a bachelor's in neurosciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	18
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UChicago Neurosciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of neurosciences master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Chicago with a master's in neurosciences.

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

Related Majors

• Neurobiology & Anatomy

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 IL, the home state for University of Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Biological Science Professors	2,530	$78,400
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Biological Scientists	590	$84,180

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 Leefon under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.