2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Behavioral Neuroscience in California

Behavioral Neuroscience is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #216 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Behavioral Neuroscience in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 570 bachelor's degrees in behavioral neuroscience during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Behavioral Neuroscience School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The physiological psychology/psychobiology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. We created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Behavioral Neuroscience in California ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of behavioral neuroscience students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for behavioral neuroscience.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Behavioral Neuroscience in California

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience.

Most Well Attended Schools for Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Students Working on Their Bachelor's

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University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

398 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

University of California - Los Angeles is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in behavioral neuroscience in California.

There were about 398 behavioral neuroscience individuals who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral neuroscience from University of California - Los Angeles

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University of California - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

171 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

University of California - Santa Barbara is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience. UCSB is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in behavioral neuroscience in California.

There were roughly 171 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral neuroscience from University of California - Santa Barbara

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Holy Names University
Oakland, CA

1 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

Holy Names University is a popular choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience. Located in the large city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in behavioral neuroscience in California.

There were roughly 1 behavioral neuroscience individuals who graduated with this degree at HNU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral neuroscience from Holy Names University

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Saint Mary's College of California
Moraga, CA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Saint Mary's College of California if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience. Located in the suburb of Moraga, SMC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral neuroscience from Saint Mary’s College of California

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University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of California - Santa Cruz if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public university with a large student population. More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral neuroscience from University of California - Santa Cruz

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La Sierra University
Riverside, CA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at La Sierra University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience. Located in the large city of Riverside, La Sierra is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral neuroscience from La Sierra University

Best Behavioral Neuroscience Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Behavioral Neuroscience Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Behavioral Neuroscience Related Rankings by Major

One of 9 majors within the Child Development & Psychology area of study, Behavioral Neuroscience has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	1,888
Social Psychology	609
Experimental Psychology	437
Developmental & Child Psychology	62
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	20

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.