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Best Schools for Neurobiology and Neurosciences in 2026

97 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

These are the top schools offering Neurobiology and Neurosciences, ranked by DegreeWorth Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Neurobiology and Neurosciences graduate earns $32,455/yr across 97 schools.

Programs Ranked

Avg Earnings

$32,455/yr

Avg DW Score

30/100

AI Risk

High

53% task exposure

All Neurobiology and Neurosciences Programs Ranked

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

#	School	DW Score	Earnings	ROI
1	University of New Hampshire at Manchester Manchester, NH · Public	44 42–45	$39,573/yr	9.4x
2	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public	42 42–42	$30,501/yr	13.5x
3	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public	42 41–42	$35,980/yr	9.6x
4	University of Delaware Newark, DE · Public	42 42–42	$31,854/yr	11.7x
5	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH · Public	42 40–43	$39,573/yr	7.6x
6	Brigham Young University Provo, UT · Private nonprofit	42 43–43	$27,986/yr	25.2x
7	George Mason University Fairfax, VA · Public	42 43–43	$27,859/yr	15.1x
8	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV · Public	41 42–42	$30,991/yr	16.6x
9	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit	41 38–41	$39,880/yr	2.6x
10	Harvard University Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit	40 36–41	$46,993/yr	2.2x
11	Binghamton University Vestal, NY · Public	40 40–40	$25,266/yr	17.1x
12	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH · Public	40 40–40	$33,094/yr	11.1x
13	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · Public	39 39–39	$32,081/yr	10.4x
14	Northeastern University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit	38 34–38	$43,894/yr	2.0x
15	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA · Public	38 35–38	$39,011/yr	9.5x
16	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA · Public	37 37–38	$22,865/yr	17.8x
17	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE · Public	37 38–38	$26,497/yr	17.1x
18	University of California-Davis Davis, CA · Public	36 37–36	$29,765/yr	10.1x
19	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN · Public	36 36–37	$25,202/yr	13.4x
20	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public	36 37–37	$29,638/yr	11.3x
21	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Public	35 35–36	$30,984/yr	12.0x
22	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit	35 31–36	$48,125/yr	1.0x
23	Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA · Private nonprofit	35 32–35	$39,842/yr	2.0x
24	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public	35 35–35	$28,441/yr	9.7x
25	Fordham University Bronx, NY · Private nonprofit	35 31–36	$47,985/yr	0.9x
26	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · Public	35 34–36	$37,612/yr	8.4x
27	Trinity College Hartford, CT · Private nonprofit	34 30–34	$44,823/yr	0.7x
28	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI · Public	34 35–35	$28,220/yr	10.4x
29	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN · Private nonprofit	34 30–35	$45,450/yr	0.8x
30	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA · Public	34 33–34	$34,496/yr	5.2x
31	University of San Diego San Diego, CA · Private nonprofit	33 33–34	$33,641/yr	2.8x
32	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit	33 31–33	$38,063/yr	1.9x
33	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL · Public	33 34–34	$26,074/yr	10.4x
34	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA · Private nonprofit	33 30–34	$44,687/yr	0.7x
35	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH · Private nonprofit	33 30–34	$41,673/yr	1.7x
36	Union College Schenectady, NY · Private nonprofit	33 29–34	$44,927/yr	1.5x
37	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT · Private nonprofit	33 30–34	$44,585/yr	0.7x
38	Washington State University Pullman, WA · Public	33 34–33	$28,316/yr	10.5x
39	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public	33 33–34	$23,464/yr	11.8x
40	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public	32 33–33	$25,460/yr	10.6x
41	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME · Private nonprofit	32 29–33	$43,373/yr	0.7x
42	Boston University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit	32 30–33	$39,093/yr	1.8x
43	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI · Public	32 33–33	$27,183/yr	9.1x
44	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA · Public	31 30–32	$19,286/yr	10.5x
45	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA · Public	31 32–32	$25,034/yr	9.9x
46	Coe College Cedar Rapids, IA · Private nonprofit	31 28–32	$40,867/yr	0.9x
47	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public	31 31–32	$23,468/yr	9.0x
48	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY · Private nonprofit	31 28–32	$41,752/yr	0.5x
49	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · Public	31 30–32	$34,820/yr	6.5x
50	University of Vermont Burlington, VT · Public	31 31–32	$34,547/yr	6.1x
51	Pomona College Claremont, CA · Private nonprofit	30 27–31	$39,967/yr	0.6x
52	Duke University Durham, NC · Private nonprofit	30 29–31	$37,208/yr	1.8x
53	Emmanuel College Boston, MA · Private nonprofit	29 27–30	$39,006/yr	1.1x
54	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA · Public	29 30–30	$27,775/yr	6.4x
55	Rhode Island College Providence, RI · Public	29 29–29	$30,172/yr	9.7x
56	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX · Public	29 30–30	$25,395/yr	9.1x
57	Carthage College Kenosha, WI · Private nonprofit	29 30–30	$29,454/yr	3.9x
58	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY · Public	28 28–29	$33,030/yr	5.2x
59	Amherst College Amherst, MA · Private nonprofit	28 26–29	$38,387/yr	0.4x
60	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI · Public	28 28–28	$32,644/yr	4.6x
61	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY · Private nonprofit	28 28–29	$33,893/yr	1.8x
62	Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA · Private nonprofit	28 28–28	$29,250/yr	2.4x
63	Westminster University Salt Lake City, UT · Private nonprofit	28 27–29	$37,735/yr	1.3x
64	University of Chicago Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit	27 26–28	$37,246/yr	0.4x
65	Smith College Northampton, MA · Private nonprofit	27 25–27	$36,727/yr	0.5x
66	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public	27 28–28	$31,687/yr	6.1x
67	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN · Private nonprofit	26 25–27	$36,059/yr	0.7x
68	Temple University Philadelphia, PA · Public	26 26–26	$30,956/yr	4.8x
69	Brown University Providence, RI · Private nonprofit	26 26–27	$33,529/yr	1.7x
70	Rhodes College Memphis, TN · Private nonprofit	26 25–26	$35,556/yr	0.6x
71	Northwestern University Evanston, IL · Private nonprofit	25 24–26	$35,334/yr	0.3x
72	Augustana College Rock Island, IL · Private nonprofit	24 24–25	$34,069/yr	2.0x
73	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH · Private nonprofit	24 24–25	$34,593/yr	0.3x
74	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO · Public	23 23–23	$27,413/yr	4.3x
75	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA · Public	23 24–24	$29,081/yr	3.7x
76	Princeton University Princeton, NJ · Private nonprofit	22 23–23	$32,647/yr	0.4x
77	Allegheny College Meadville, PA · Private nonprofit	22 21–23	$36,178/yr	1.3x
78	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN · Private nonprofit	21 22–22	$24,615/yr	-0.0x
79	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD · Private nonprofit	21 21–21	$28,108/yr	1.8x
80	Barnard College New York, NY · Private nonprofit	21 22–22	$24,569/yr	-0.1x
81	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Public	21 21–22	$22,183/yr	5.2x
82	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY · Private nonprofit	20 21–21	$30,259/yr	0.2x
83	The College of Wooster Wooster, OH · Private nonprofit	20 20–20	$29,942/yr	0.3x
84	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA · Public	19 19–20	$21,818/yr	2.8x
85	Brandeis University Waltham, MA · Private nonprofit	19 19–19	$32,397/yr	1.2x
86	Drew University Madison, NJ · Private nonprofit	19 20–20	$28,881/yr	0.6x
87	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN · Public	19 18–20	$21,138/yr	2.9x
88	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN · Private nonprofit	19 20–20	$25,830/yr	1.8x
89	Saint Edward's University Austin, TX · Private nonprofit	19 20–20	$29,418/yr	0.4x
90	Emory University Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit	18 19–19	$26,663/yr	1.7x
91	North Central College Naperville, IL · Private nonprofit	18 18–18	$26,908/yr	0.5x
92	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit	17 18–18	$26,251/yr	0.3x
93	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA · Private nonprofit	17 16–17	$22,270/yr	1.6x
94	New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit	17 17–18	$25,506/yr	1.7x
95	University of Scranton Scranton, PA · Private nonprofit	17 17–18	$25,057/yr	2.0x
96	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO · Private nonprofit	16 15–16	$22,459/yr	0.1x
97	Baylor University Waco, TX · Private nonprofit	13 14–14	$24,100/yr	1.5x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (10-year projected earnings vs. 4-year tuition).

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Neurobiology and Neurosciences?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, University of New Hampshire at Manchester ranks #1 for Neurobiology and Neurosciences with a score of 44/100 and graduate earnings of $39,573/yr.

How much do Neurobiology and Neurosciences graduates earn?

Across 97 schools, Neurobiology and Neurosciences graduates earn an average of $32,455/yr in their first year. The highest-earning program reports $48,125/yr.

Is Neurobiology and Neurosciences a good major for AI resistance?

Neurobiology and Neurosciences has an average AI task exposure of 53%, rated "High". This field has significant AI exposure. Check individual program pages for scenario analysis.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.