University of Rhode Island PhD in Neurobiology & Neurosciences

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 University of Rhode Island. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’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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Graduate Cost
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Student Diversity
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How Much Does a Doctorate in Neurobiology from URI Cost?

$15,964 Average Tuition and Fees

URI Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at URI was $1,512 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $783 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$14,096	$27,214
Fees	$1,868	$1,868

Does URI Offer an Online PhD in Neurobiology?

URI does not offer an online option for its neurobiology doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the URI Online Learning page.

URI Doctorate Student Diversity for Neurobiology

2 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

100.0% Women

There were 2 doctor’s degrees in neurobiology awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

All of the students who received their PhD in neurobiology in 2019-2020 were women.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

None of the neurobiology doctor’s degree recipients at URI in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

PhD in Neurobiology Focus Areas at URI

Neurobiology & Neurosciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Neurosciences	2

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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.