Neurosciences is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #81 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Neurosciences Schools in New Jersey ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 108 degrees in neurosciences to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Neurosciences Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the neurosciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's hard to beat Princeton University if you want to pursue a degree in neurosciences. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Princeton. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Princeton is a great university overall.
There were approximately 48 neurosciences students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Rutgers University - Newark if you wish to pursue a degree in neurosciences. Located in the large city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 40 neurosciences students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers Newark in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in neurosciences needs to take a look at Drew University. Drew is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Madison. This university ranks 29th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 17 neurosciences students who graduated with this degree at Drew in the most recent data year.
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).
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