2025 Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

a doctor's degree in neurobiology & neurosciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #41 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for neurobiology & neurosciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 120 doctor's degrees in neurobiology & neurosciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Neurobiology & Neurosciences School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of neurobiology & neurosciences for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality neurobiology program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to neurobiology & neurosciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of neurobiology & neurosciences students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt neurobiology & neurosciences students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized neurobiology & neurosciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for neurobiology & neurosciences students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Neurobiology & Neurosciences Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Neurobiology & Neurosciences in the Great Lakes Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for neurobiology & neurosciences students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Neurobiology

1

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

10 Annual Graduates

University of Chicago is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in neurobiology & neurosciences. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in neurobiology & neurosciences from University of Chicago

2

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

28 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Northwestern University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in neurobiology & neurosciences. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston.More information about a doctorate in neurobiology & neurosciences from Northwestern University

3

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

11 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in neurobiology & neurosciences. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in neurobiology & neurosciences from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

4

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

12 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in neurobiology & neurosciences has to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in neurobiology & neurosciences from University of Wisconsin - Madison

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

12 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in neurobiology & neurosciences from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Colleges by State

Explore the best neurobiology & neurosciences colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	38
Michigan	149	19
Ohio	144	23
Indiana	132	14
Wisconsin	108	6

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Neurobiology & Neurosciences Related Rankings by Major

One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, Neurobiology & Neurosciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Neurobiology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Neurosciences	115
Neurobiology & Anatomy	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	214
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	192
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	132
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	115
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	107
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	100
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	57
Pharmacology & Toxicology	51
Zoology	49
Genetics	48

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.