2025 Best Behavioral Neuroscience Schools in New York

If you plan on majoring in behavioral neuroscience, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #354 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for behavioral neuroscience students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 57 degrees in behavioral neuroscience annually.

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• Best Overall Behavioral Neuroscience Schools List

Behavioral Neuroscience Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Behavioral Neuroscience Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Behavioral Neuroscience in New York

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the physiological psychology/psychobiology degree levels they offer.

Top New York Schools in Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology

1

Pace University - New York
New York, NY

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Pace University - New York is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in behavioral neuroscience. Located in the city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in behavioral neuroscience from Pace University - New York

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The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

35.7% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in behavioral neuroscience has to check out 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.More information about a degree in behavioral neuroscience from The Graduate Center, CUNY

Best Behavioral Neuroscience Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Behavioral Neuroscience Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	978	34

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology

Behavioral Neuroscience is one of 10 different types of Child Development & Psychology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	1,418
Developmental & Child Psychology	386
Experimental Psychology	114
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	58
Social Psychology	49
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology	12
Comparative Psychology	10
Personality Psychology	2

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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.