The main focus area for this major is Neurosciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Neurobiology & Neurosciences is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at Johns Hopkins University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in neurobiology, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Johns Hopkins was ranked #28 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for neurobiology majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #1 in Maryland.
Here are some of the other rankings for Johns Hopkins.
Part-time undergraduates at Johns Hopkins paid an average of $1,900 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $54,160 | $54,160 |
Books and Supplies | $1,260 | $1,260 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,095 | $11,095 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,152 | $1,152 |
Learn more about Johns Hopkins tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Neurobiology students who received their bachelor’s degree at Johns Hopkins took out an average of $14,750 in student loans. That is 34% lower than the national average of $22,237.
The median early career salary of neurobiology students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins is $22,485 per year. That is 28% lower than the national average of $31,393.
Johns Hopkins does not offer an online option for its neurobiology bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Johns Hopkins Online Learning page.
Women made up around 60.0% of the neurobiology students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 68.2%.
Around 64.4% of neurobiology bachelor’s degree recipients at Johns Hopkins in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 56 |
Black or African American | 10 |
Hispanic or Latino | 11 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 30 |
International Students | 11 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 16 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Neurosciences | 135 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to neurobiology and neurosciences.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Biology | 16 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 18 |
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 124 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.