2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Neurosciences in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Neurosciences Major in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 11,211 people earned their degree in neurosciences, making the major the 81st most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 95 neurosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 neurosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,578 and $24,158 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Neurosciences Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in neurosciences. That schools that top this list have a program in neurosciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Neurosciences Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree neurosciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Neurosciences in District of Columbia

1

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Neurosciences Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s neurosciences degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Neurosciences at GWU

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Neurosciences Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s neurosciences degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Neurosciences at American University

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.