97 Best colleges for Neuroscience in California, US

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Below is a list of best universities in California ranked based on their research performance in Neuroscience. A graph of 21.8M citations received by 373K academic papers made by 97 universities in California was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Stanford University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

2. University of California - San Francisco

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,126
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

3. University of California - Los Angeles

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

4. University of California-San Diego

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

5. University of California - Berkeley

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

6. University of California - Irvine

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

7. University of Southern California

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

8. University of California - Davis

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

9. California Institute of Technology

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

10. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

11. University of California - Riverside

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
63%
Receiving Aid
75%
Average Aid
$21,566
Enrollment
26,426

12. San Diego State University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$5,459
Enrollment
39,241

13. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
63%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,564
Enrollment
19,764

14. Loma Linda University

For Neuroscience

Enrollment
4,202
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1905

16. West Los Angeles College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$6,817
Enrollment
9,299

17. Palo Alto University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,223
Male:Female
15:85
Founded
1975

18. San Jose State University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$11,311
Enrollment
36,062

19. San Francisco State University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
96%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$11,498
Enrollment
23,908

20. California State University - Long Beach

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
82%
Average Aid
$10,512
Enrollment
40,278

21. Western University of Health Sciences

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
3,625
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1977

22. Humboldt State University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
99%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$10,046
Enrollment
6,156

24. California State University - Fullerton

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
82%
Average Aid
$10,445
Enrollment
41,962

25. University of California - Merced

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
85%
Average Aid
$24,868
Enrollment
9,147

26. California State University - Los Angeles

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
92%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$12,478
Enrollment
25,080

27. Claremont Graduate University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
1,763
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1925

28. Chapman University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$48,037

29. California State University - San Bernardino

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
98%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$10,421
Enrollment
18,925

30. Santa Clara University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$49,651

31. University of San Diego

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
47%
Net Price
$37,675
Receiving Aid
86%
Average Aid
$37,444

32. California State University - Northridge

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
93%
Receiving Aid
87%
Average Aid
$12,000
Enrollment
37,760

33. Alliant International University - San Diego

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
0%
Net Price
$25,481
Receiving Aid
33%
Average Aid
$9,411

34. University of San Francisco

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$44,104

35. California State University - Sacramento

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
94%
Receiving Aid
85%
Average Aid
$11,503
Enrollment
31,172

36. California State University - Fresno

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
96%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$11,412
Enrollment
23,986

37. Pomona College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$17,423

38. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
30%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$12,707
Enrollment
22,485

39. Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
39%
Net Price
$27,789
Receiving Aid
43%
Average Aid
$6,184

40. California State University - San Marcos

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
96%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$10,247
Enrollment
15,431

41. Loyola Marymount University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
40%
Net Price
$54,471
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$21,575

42. University of the Pacific

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$30,975

43. Pepperdine University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1350
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$52,216

44. Claremont McKenna College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,978

45. Naval Postgraduate School

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
2,600
Male:Female
79:21
Founded
1909

46. Fielding Graduate University

For Neuroscience

Enrollment
937
Male:Female
19:81
Founded
1974

47. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
74%
Receiving Aid
78%
Average Aid
$10,441
Enrollment
26,848

48. Fuller Theological Seminary

For Neuroscience

Enrollment
1,935
Male:Female
52:48

49. California State University - Dominguez Hills

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
91%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$11,074
Enrollment
15,181

50. John F. Kennedy University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
100%
Founded
1964

51. California State University - East Bay

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
97%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$10,886
Enrollment
13,333

52. California State University - Chico

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
94%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$10,331
Enrollment
14,523

53. Occidental College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$47,113

54. Pitzer College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
17%
Net Price
$34,801
Receiving Aid
39%
Average Aid
$48,031

55. Sonoma State University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
86%
Average Aid
$8,546
Enrollment
5,990

56. Saybrook University

For Neuroscience

Enrollment
1,055
Male:Female
16:84
Founded
1971

57. Marshall B Ketchum University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
686
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1904

58. Graduate Theological Union

For Neuroscience

Enrollment
178
Male:Female
50:50

59. Azusa Pacific University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1154
Average ACT
22
Net Price
$26,117

60. Scripps College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
34%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$45,505

61. Wright Institute

For Neuroscience

Enrollment
511
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1969

62. University of Redlands

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1201
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$28,054

63. Touro University California

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
1,090
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1997

64. Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
40%
Net Price
$39,401
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,599

65. Dominican University of California

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
96%
Average SAT
1181
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$51,292

66. University of the West

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$11,137
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$13,807

67. California State University - Bakersfield

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$12,437
Enrollment
9,787

68. Mills College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$25,283

69. California State University - Stanislaus

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
97%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$11,362
Enrollment
9,841

70. Keck Graduate Institute

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
602
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1997

71. Master's University and Seminary

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
76%
Net Price
$33,463
Receiving Aid
87%
Average Aid
$15,528

72. California Institute of Integral Studies

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
2,047
Male:Female
18:82
Founded
1968

73. Westmont College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,412

74. Whittier College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
85%
Net Price
$32,436
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,008

75. California State University - Monterey Bay

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$10,480
Enrollment
6,742

76. United States University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$20,197
Receiving Aid
32%
Average Aid
$8,161

77. Antioch University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
81%
Enrollment
888
Male:Female
28:72

78. Saint Mary's College of California

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
89%
Net Price
$31,615
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$42,080

79. California State University - Channel Islands

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
93%
Receiving Aid
83%
Average Aid
$12,804
Enrollment
5,688

80. Harvey Mudd College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$42,720

81. Samuel Merritt University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
1,894
Male:Female
21:79
Founded
1909

82. University of La Verne

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
48%
Average SAT
1137
Average ACT
22
Net Price
$27,216

83. California State University Maritime Academy

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
99%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$11,063
Enrollment
805

84. Point Loma Nazarene University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$36,370

85. Biola University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$30,510

86. California Lutheran University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1227
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$27,080

87. Golden Gate University - San Francisco

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
2,262
Male:Female
62:38
Founded
1901

88. Ashford University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$25,771
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$5,234

89. Southern California University of Health Sciences

For Neuroscience

#1019 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$26,443
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$10,217

90. Northcentral University

For Neuroscience

#1039 in North America
Enrollment
10,518
Male:Female
24:76

91. Soka University of America

For Neuroscience

#1045 in North America
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1340
Net Price
$18,807
Receiving Aid
100%

92. Woodbury University

For Neuroscience

#1070 in North America
Acceptance Rate
73%
Net Price
$31,257
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$27,165

93. Pacifica Graduate Institute

For Neuroscience

#1149 in North America
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
882
Male:Female
25:75
Founded
1974

94. Southern States University

For Neuroscience

#1174 in North America
Net Price
$2,640
Receiving Aid
6%
Average Aid
$5,478
Enrollment
358

95. West Coast University - Orange County

For Neuroscience

#1183 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$36,263
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$2,938

96. Trident University International

For Neuroscience

#1185 in North America
Net Price
$13,916
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$4,188

97. California Baptist University

For Neuroscience

#1190 in North America
Acceptance Rate
74%
Net Price
$28,596
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$23,828

Closest to California states to learn Neuroscience

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Nevada 4 140
Oregon 16 40
Utah 7 45
Arizona 7 48
Idaho 4 264
Washington 19 11
Colorado 17 66
New Mexico 5 87
Montana 3 214
Nebraska 8 112
South Dakota 7 222
Kansas 9 98
Texas 59 29
Oklahoma 13 124
North Dakota 4 189
Minnesota 23 21
Iowa 14 27
Missouri 24 13
Arkansas 11 111
Louisiana 18 91
Wisconsin 25 16
Illinois 51 18
Mississippi 9 133
Indiana 25 55
Michigan 23 8
Tennessee 26 38
Alabama 21 52
Kentucky 18 53
Ohio 44 34
Georgia 31 17
West Virginia 11 108
South Carolina 18 63
North Carolina 30 23
Virginia 31 42
Pennsylvania 74 6
Florida 34 26
District of Columbia 8 68
Maryland 22 2
New York 105 10
New Jersey 21 30
Vermont 5 106
Hawaii 4 157
Connecticut 19 4
Massachusetts 55 1
New Hampshire 11 80
Rhode Island 9 51
Maine 9 252
Puerto Rico 12 347