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 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Neurosciences Schools in Tennessee ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 284 degrees in neurosciences to qualified students.
Your choice of neurosciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Neurosciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Neurosciences Schools in Tennessee list to help you make the college 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.
Vanderbilt University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in neurosciences. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were about 140 neurosciences students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in neurosciences has to check out The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 89 neurosciences students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent data year.
Rhodes College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in neurosciences. Located in the large city of Memphis, Rhodes College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 8th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 36 neurosciences students who graduated with this degree at Rhodes College in the most recent year we have data available.
One of 4 majors within the Neurobiology & Neurosciences area of study, Neurosciences has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).