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2023 Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$31,865 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master's Degree School for You

Neurobiology & Neurosciences is the #76 most popular major in the country with 11,615 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for neurobiology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the neurobiology master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Neurobiology & Neurosciences

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in the Far Western US Region for neurobiology and neurosciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.

UC Berkeley also made our Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #3.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Santa Barbara. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSB are $28,683 per year.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNR is a very large public school located in the city of Reno.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNR are $22,380 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW Seattle are $30,912 per year.

UW Seattle excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSD are $28,666 per year.

UCSD excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Irvine are $28,458 per year.

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University of California - Riverside landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree neurobiology and neurosciences programs. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public college with a very large student population.

UCR graduate students pay an average of $28,569 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best value schools for neurobiology and neurosciences students working on their master’s degree. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USC are $61,396 a year.

USC also claimed a spot on our Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Neurobiology & Neurosciences at University of Southern California Report

Oregon Health & Science University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Neurobiology & Neurosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Portland, OHSU is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHSU are $28,460 per year.

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Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Colleges by State

Explore the best neurobiology and neurosciences schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,537
Washington 149
Oregon 23
Nevada 92

One of 14 majors within the area of study, neurobiology and neurosciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 107,165
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14,535
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 8,813
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 7,247
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 6,206

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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