<p>I haven't been able to find any cohesive information on this. I know Brown's great.</p>
<p>Neuroscience
Ranked in order of selectivity</p>
<p>Pomona College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Washington University in St Louis
Columbia University in the City of New York
Dartmouth College
University of Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt University
Amherst College
Brown University
Bowdoin College
Emory University
Hamilton College
Middlebury College
Vassar College
Johns Hopkins University
Brandeis University
Colby College
Colgate University
Macalester College
University of Southern California
Wellesley College
Oberlin College
Scripps College
Tulane University of Louisiana
Barnard College
New York University
Connecticut College
Colorado College
Franklin and Marshall College
Lehigh University
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Trinity University
Dickinson College
Lafayette College
Northeastern University
University of Miami
Furman University
Trinity College
Boston University
Skidmore College
Smith College
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
The University of Texas at Dallas
Brigham Young University
Muhlenberg College
Allegheny College
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Baylor University
Drake University
Texas Christian University
University of California-Irvine
Indiana University-Bloomington
Drew University
University of Scranton
University of California-Santa Cruz
Washington State University
Western Washington University
Centenary College of Louisiana
Central Michigan University
Regis University
University of California-Riverside
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus</p>
<p>Although outdated, most of the universities ranked by NRC for neuroscience are still very strong in that field.</p>
<p>[NRC</a> Rankings in Neurosciences](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area16.html]NRC”>http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area16.html)</p>
<p>Wow – thanks a lot, both of you.</p>
<p>Brown by a mile</p>
<p>The list in post #2 was from a search on the IPEDS Peer Analysis System website.</p>
<p>WashU’s neuroscience major is pretty awesome, but it’s also very difficult to declare (only 28 spots for each graduating class).</p>
<p>Duke just opened up a pure neuroscience major this year (before, it was a certificate program in biology and psychology majors). Something to keep in mind if you’re interested in Duke. I don’t know if WUSTL has a pure neuroscience major(if that’s what tall saint is referring to), but I know that interdisciplinary majors including neuroscience are popular over there and at Emory (PNP for Wash U, NBB for Emory).</p>
<p>For the rankings above–are they undergrad or grad studies? I’m interested in neuroscience, but I’m not yet sure if I’d want to take it as a major.</p>
<p>metb29-
The ranking above is for undergrad based on overall SATs and having at least 5 bachelors graduates last year in neuroscience.</p>
<p>@collegehelp, Where did you find the source for this info? I have been searching everywhere to find this, and this is great!</p>
<p>I got the data from the IPEDS Data Center, “Compare Individual Institutions”.
I selected schools that had neuroscience graduates and then sorted by SAT using Excel.</p>
<p>It is not easy to use.</p>
<p>[IPEDS</a> Data Center - Login](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/login.aspx]IPEDS”>http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/login.aspx)</p>
<p>Go to this website linked to the Society for Neuroscience website:
[Undergraduate</a> Neuroscience Curriculum Development | Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience](<a href=“http://www.funfaculty.org/drupal/node/452]Undergraduate”>http://www.funfaculty.org/drupal/node/452)</p>
<p>Then click on this .pdf file:</p>
<p>Undergraduate Neuroscience Education: Blueprints for the 21st Century, Eric Wiertelak and Julio Ramirez, JUNE 2008</p>
<p>It details undergrad neuroscience curriculum recommendations for neuroscience major programs in biology depts., in psychology depts., and for interdisciplinary neuroscience programs. For schools that interest you, you can compare their neuroscience major requirements to these recommendations.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, is your ultimate goal to become a research scientist in this or a related field or med school? </p>
<p>If it is the former, you may also want to consider whether the school’s Neuroscience department is dominated by pre-meds or not. Several high school classmates who wanted to become research scientists in Neuroscience and other areas felt miserable and in some cases, underprepared for their PhD programs because their departments were mainly focused on preparing pre-meds for med school rather than fostering future research scientists. </p>
<p>Also, some of the rankings of those departments are off if selectivity means difficulty in gaining admission to a given school. Unless things have drastically changed, Wellesley is much harder to get into than Vassar, Brandeis, Colgate University, Macalester College, and especially University of Southern California. </p>
<p>A younger cousin who is now going to Vassar was rejected by Wellesley and Johns Hopkins as were other friends of hers who were also accepted to Vassar. </p>
<p>Moreover, I knew many recent college graduates who were accepted to Brandeis, but rejected by Oberlin and Wellesley.</p>
<p>The usual suspects really. </p>
<p>Brown University
California Institute of Technology
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Washington University-St Louis
Yale University</p>
<p>I am not including LACs, but there are many excellent programs I can think of, including Amherst, Bowdoin, Carleton, Harvey Mudd, Haverford, Middlebury, Oberlin, Pomona, Swarthmore, Wesleyan and Williams.</p>
<p>Here are three to consider: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, and U Texas-Dallas.</p>
<p>[Dept</a> of Neuroscience - Undergraduate Program](<a href=“http://www.neurosci.umn.edu/prog_ug.html]Dept”>http://www.neurosci.umn.edu/prog_ug.html)</p>
<p>[Neuroscience</a> - 2008-2010 UT Dallas Undergraduate Catalog - The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences](<a href=“UT Dallas Course Catalogs - UT Dallas University Catalogs - The University of Texas at Dallas”>UT Dallas Course Catalogs - UT Dallas University Catalogs - The University of Texas at Dallas)</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> | Department of Neuroscience | University of Pittsburgh](<a href=“http://www.neuroscience.pitt.edu/programs/undergraduate/]Undergraduate”>Undergraduate | Neuroscience | University of Pittsburgh)</p>
<p>All of these have good depth in neuroscience course offerings and require a strong supporting core in basic sciences. Minnesota’s major is through their College of Biological Sciences, but the neuroscience dept is situated in the medical school. UT-Dallas has proximity to the IT Southwest Medical Center. Pittsburg has a free-standing neuroscience dept in the College of Arts & Science plus proximity to a top medical school. All of these would offer good opportunities for research.</p>
<p>This is crazy. UCSD is missing from the IPEDS list althogether, but it is #1 on NRC list. We did visit UCSD’s neuroscience department and it looks very impressive. I cannot believe UCSD is behind UCR in that department…</p>
<p>I think UCSD only has a PhD program, not undergrad.</p>
<p>come on… My DD was admitted to the UG department of neuroscience at UCSD… U must mistaken UCSF from UCSD…</p>
<p>UCSD has something called cognitive science with specialization in neuroscience. Not neuroscience.</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Majors at UCSD](<a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/current-students/academics/majors-minors/undergraduate-majors.html]Undergraduate”>Undergraduate Majors at UC San Diego)</p>
<p>Are we talking undergrad? If so, quit wasting your time worrying about department rankings. Nobody is doing serious neuroscience work with a bachelor’s degree.</p>
<p>Look for a solid, all-around university (or LAC) with particular strength in the biological sciences. Excel there, then worry about neuroscience in an MD or PhD program.</p>