Neurosciences at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552.

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

UPenn Neurosciences Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Neurosciences (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Neurosciences
• Master’s Degree in Neurosciences

Online Classes Are Available at UPenn

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UPenn offers distance education options for neurosciences at the following degree levels:

UPenn Neurosciences Rankings

The neurosciences major at UPenn 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 UPenn

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

UPenn Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of neurosciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical neurosciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in neurosciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	26
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

UPenn Neurosciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of neurosciences master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the neurosciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 57% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.