Neurosciences at Vanderbilt University

Every neurosciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the neurosciences program at Vanderbilt University stacks up to those at other schools.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 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.

Vanderbilt Neurosciences Degrees Available

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

Vanderbilt Neurosciences Rankings

The neurosciences major at Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Neurosciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of neurosciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical neurosciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Vanderbilt since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in neurosciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	43
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	30
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Vanderbilt Neurosciences Master’s Program

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

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Biological Science Professors	890	$89,030
Natural Sciences Managers	500	$111,670
Biological Scientists	370	$67,690

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.