2024 Best Neurosciences Schools in Maryland

If you pursue a degree in neurosciences, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #81 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for neurosciences students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 180 degrees in neurosciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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• Best Overall Neurosciences Schools List

Choosing a Great Neurosciences School

The neurosciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Neurosciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall Neurosciences 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.

Pick Your Neurosciences Degree Level

The neurosciences 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 Neurosciences Schools in Maryland. 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 Neurosciences in Maryland

The schools below may not offer all types of neurosciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Maryland Schools in Neurosciences

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In MD

160 Neurosciences Degrees Awarded

Johns Hopkins University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in neurosciences. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.

There were approximately 160 neurosciences students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in neurosciences from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3rd Most Popular In MD

27.3% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you want to pursue a degree in neurosciences. UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.

There were approximately 11 neurosciences students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in neurosciences from University of Maryland - College Park

3

St Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's City, MD

Any student pursuing a degree in neurosciences needs to take a look at St Mary's College of Maryland. Located in the suburb of St. Mary's City, SMCM is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 10th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.More information about a degree in neurosciences from St Mary’s College of Maryland

4

Mount St Mary's University
Emmitsburg, MD

Mount St Mary's University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in neurosciences. The Mount is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Emmitsburg. This university ranks 17th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.More information about a degree in neurosciences from Mount St Mary’s University

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University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.More information about a degree in neurosciences from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Best Neurosciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	778
Pennsylvania	978	765
New Jersey	614	108
District of Columbia	441	88
Delaware	345	95

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Rankings in Majors Related to Neurosciences

Neurosciences is one of 4 different types of Neurobiology & Neurosciences programs to choose from.

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.