2025 Best Behavioral Neuroscience Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #207 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of behavioral neuroscience. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 584 bachelor's degrees in behavioral neuroscience during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on behavioral neuroscience students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of behavioral neuroscience students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized behavioral neuroscience related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for behavioral neuroscience students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Behavioral Neuroscience Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for behavioral neuroscience students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology

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University of California - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

172 Annual Graduates

University of California - Santa Barbara is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience. UCSB is a very large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral neuroscience from University of California - Santa Barbara

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University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

412 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience. UCLA is a very large public university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral neuroscience from University of California - Los Angeles

Best Behavioral Neuroscience Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best 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 10 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	3,065
Experimental Psychology	513
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	73
Social Psychology	65
Developmental & Child Psychology	37

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.