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 Michigan State University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in neurobiology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, 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. The bachelor's program at Michigan State was ranked #98 on College Factual's Best Schools for neurobiology list. It is also ranked #2 in Michigan.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Michigan State paid an average of $1,346 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $519 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $15,555 | $40,384 |
Books and Supplies | $1,154 | $1,154 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,522 | $10,522 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,094 | $3,094 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Neurobiology students who received their bachelor’s degree at Michigan State took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 21% higher than the national average of $22,237.
neurobiology who receive their bachelor’s degree from Michigan State make an average of $22,627 a year during the early days of their career. That is 28% lower than the national average of $31,393.
Online degrees for the Michigan State neurobiology bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Michigan State Online Learning page.
Women made up around 68.2% of the neurobiology students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 68.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 29.0% of the neurobiology bachelor’s degrees at Michigan State in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 42%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 32 |
Black or African American | 15 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 146 |
International Students | 6 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Neurosciences | 217 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Biology | 412 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 90 |
Botany/Plant Biology | 7 |
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology | 58 |
Zoology | 122 |
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*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.