A degree in behavioral neuroscience is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #354 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Behavioral Neuroscience Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 85 degrees in behavioral neuroscience annually.
Your choice of behavioral neuroscience school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Behavioral Neuroscience School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The physiological psychology/psychobiology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Behavioral Neuroscience Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Best Schools for Behavioral Neuroscience in the Middle Atlantic Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the physiological psychology/psychobiology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
Pace University - New York is a great decision for students interested in a degree in behavioral neuroscience. Located in the large city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 34th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 5 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at Pace University in the most recent data year.
Villanova University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in behavioral neuroscience. Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were about 19 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in behavioral neuroscience has to look into The Graduate Center, CUNY. Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. This school ranks 67th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 14 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at The Graduate Center in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of behavioral neuroscience school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Behavioral Neuroscience School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
