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 2024, College Factual analyzed 8 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 88 degrees in behavioral neuroscience during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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
Any student pursuing a degree in behavioral neuroscience has to take a look at Teachers College at Columbia University. Located in the city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Teachers College is a great university overall.
There were about 30 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at Teachers College 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 city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #182 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means The Graduate Center is a great school overall.
There were about 9 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at The Graduate Center in the most recent data year.
Villanova University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in behavioral neuroscience. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent year we have data available.
Binghamton University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in behavioral neuroscience. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 29th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 3 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at Binghamton University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #313 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University at Buffalo is a great university overall.
There were roughly 3 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Albany, UAlbany is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 36th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 2 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at UAlbany in the most recent data year.
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 47th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 6 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at Pace University in the most recent year we have data available.
Albright is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Reading. This college ranks 72nd out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 13 behavioral neuroscience students who graduated with this degree at Albright 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).
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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.
