93 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 16.9M citations received by 336K academic papers made by 93 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
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

2. University of California - San Francisco

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

3. University of California-San Diego

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

4. University of California - Los Angeles

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

5. University of California - Berkeley

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

6. University of California - Irvine

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

7. University of Southern California

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

8. University of California - Davis

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

9. California Institute of Technology

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

10. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

11. University of California - Riverside

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
69%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$22,042
Enrollment
26,809

12. San Diego State University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$9,934
Enrollment
37,402

13. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$21,202
Enrollment
19,478

14. Loma Linda University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
4,280
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1905

15. West Los Angeles College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$6,951
Enrollment
8,656

17. Palo Alto University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,129
Male:Female
14:86
Founded
1975

18. San Jose State University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
77%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$9,210
Enrollment
35,751

20. San Francisco State University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
94%
Receiving Aid
78%
Average Aid
$9,830
Enrollment
25,282

21. California State University - Long Beach

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
40%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$9,478
Enrollment
38,973

22. California State University - Fullerton

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
67%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$9,194
Enrollment
40,386

23. Western University of Health Sciences

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
3,724
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1977

24. California State University - Los Angeles

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$10,907
Enrollment
26,460

25. Claremont Graduate University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
1,903
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1925

26. University of California - Merced

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
86%
Average Aid
$25,868
Enrollment
9,103

27. Chapman University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$45,033

28. California State University - Northridge

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
91%
Receiving Aid
85%
Average Aid
$10,511
Enrollment
37,579

29. California State University - San Bernardino

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
91%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,871
Enrollment
19,803

30. Santa Clara University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$50,551

31. University of San Diego

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
53%
Net Price
$36,008
Receiving Aid
84%
Average Aid
$36,408

32. Humboldt State University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
98%
Receiving Aid
76%
Average Aid
$9,262
Enrollment
6,025

33. Alliant International University - San Diego

For Neuroscience

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

34. California State University - Fresno

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,968
Enrollment
23,999

35. University of San Francisco

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$42,953

36. California State University - Sacramento

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
93%
Receiving Aid
82%
Average Aid
$9,590
Enrollment
31,818

37. Pomona College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,962

38. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
30%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$10,065
Enrollment
22,000

39. Loyola Marymount University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$52,815

40. California State University - San Marcos

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
75%
Average Aid
$8,922
Enrollment
15,109

41. Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
80%
Net Price
$27,637
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$11,419

42. Claremont McKenna College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,701

43. University of the Pacific

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1272
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$28,164

44. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
77%
Average Aid
$9,040
Enrollment
27,503

45. Naval Postgraduate School

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
2,670
Male:Female
78:22
Founded
1909

46. Fielding Graduate University

For Neuroscience

Enrollment
1,000
Male:Female
21:79
Founded
1974

47. Fuller Theological Seminary

For Neuroscience

Enrollment
2,089
Male:Female
53:47

48. John F. Kennedy University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
100%
Founded
1964

49. Pepperdine University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1383
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$47,804

50. California State University - Dominguez Hills

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,819
Enrollment
16,426

51. California State University - Chico

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
72%
Average Aid
$9,162
Enrollment
14,183

52. Sonoma State University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
94%
Receiving Aid
81%
Average Aid
$7,287
Enrollment
6,637

53. Marshall B Ketchum University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
685
Male:Female
28:72
Founded
1904

54. Occidental College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,853

55. Graduate Theological Union

For Neuroscience

Enrollment
172
Male:Female
48:52

56. California State University - East Bay

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
96%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$8,659
Enrollment
13,673

57. Dominican University of California

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1162
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$49,907

58. Azusa Pacific University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1110
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$26,666

59. Scripps College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
28%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$43,923

60. Saybrook University

For Neuroscience

Enrollment
1,013
Male:Female
16:84
Founded
1971

61. Pitzer College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
18%
Net Price
$39,809
Receiving Aid
39%
Average Aid
$39,594

62. Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
54%
Net Price
$39,401
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,599

63. University of Redlands

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1196
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$28,157

64. Touro University California

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
1,144
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1997

65. Wright Institute

For Neuroscience

Enrollment
520
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1969

66. California State University - Bakersfield

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$10,750
Enrollment
9,613

67. California State University - Stanislaus

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
97%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,696
Enrollment
10,154

68. Keck Graduate Institute

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
668
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1997

69. Mills College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
87%
Net Price
$25,283
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$22,278

70. Harvey Mudd College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$39,850

71. Westmont College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1369
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$33,112

72. University of the West

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$19,028
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$8,190

73. Antioch University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
81%
Enrollment
867
Male:Female
26:74

74. Whittier College

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$28,368

75. California Institute of Integral Studies

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
2,145
Male:Female
18:82
Founded
1968

76. California State University - Monterey Bay

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
92%
Receiving Aid
77%
Average Aid
$8,702
Enrollment
7,045

77. Samuel Merritt University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
1,911
Male:Female
23:77
Founded
1909

78. Saint Mary's College of California

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
88%
Net Price
$32,129
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$39,139

79. California State University - Channel Islands

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
76%
Average Aid
$9,412
Enrollment
6,128

80. University of La Verne

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1137
Average ACT
22
Net Price
$25,103

81. Point Loma Nazarene University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
82%
Net Price
$34,933
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$19,422

82. Biola University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$31,522

83. California State University Maritime Academy

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
96%
Receiving Aid
62%
Average Aid
$9,529
Enrollment
849

84. California Lutheran University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$30,416

85. Ashford University

For Neuroscience

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$25,104
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$5,121

86. Golden Gate University - San Francisco

For Neuroscience

#1005 in North America
Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
2,661
Male:Female
55:45
Founded
1901

87. Woodbury University

For Neuroscience

#1036 in North America
Acceptance Rate
63%
Net Price
$32,182
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$23,816

88. Bethesda University

For Neuroscience

#1045 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$21,746
Receiving Aid
81%
Average Aid
$2,786

89. Northcentral University

For Neuroscience

#1048 in North America
Enrollment
11,578
Male:Female
24:76

90. Soka University of America

For Neuroscience

#1069 in North America
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1340
Net Price
$17,928
Receiving Aid
100%

91. Master's University and Seminary

For Neuroscience

#1071 in North America
Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$30,783
Receiving Aid
62%
Average Aid
$13,010

92. Southern States University

For Neuroscience

#1131 in North America
Net Price
$2,640
Receiving Aid
6%
Average Aid
$5,478
Enrollment
358

93. California Baptist University

For Neuroscience

#1147 in North America
Acceptance Rate
80%
Net Price
$27,304
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$22,757

Closest to California states to learn Neuroscience

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Nevada 4 141
Oregon 16 40
Utah 7 44
Arizona 6 46
Idaho 4 261
Washington 18 11
Colorado 16 68
New Mexico 5 86
Montana 3 218
Nebraska 7 110
South Dakota 7 224
Kansas 9 105
Texas 59 28
Oklahoma 11 125
North Dakota 4 189
Minnesota 23 22
Iowa 13 26
Missouri 22 13
Arkansas 10 112
Louisiana 17 91
Wisconsin 25 16
Illinois 47 18
Mississippi 9 130
Indiana 24 55
Michigan 23 10
Tennessee 25 36
Alabama 20 49
Kentucky 15 52
Ohio 41 33
Georgia 29 17
West Virginia 10 116
South Carolina 17 65
North Carolina 29 24
Virginia 30 42
Pennsylvania 72 6
Florida 34 29
District of Columbia 8 69
Maryland 22 2
New York 105 7
New Jersey 21 32
Vermont 5 108
Hawaii 4 153
Connecticut 18 4
Massachusetts 53 1
New Hampshire 11 82
Rhode Island 9 51
Maine 7 250
Puerto Rico 7 339