47 Best colleges for Neuroscience in Illinois

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Illinois ranked based on their research performance in Neuroscience. A graph of 4.74M citations received by 120K academic papers made by 47 universities in Illinois 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. Northwestern University

Evanston

For Neuroscience

#18 in the United States

#21 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,095

2. University of Chicago

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#30 in the United States

#33 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $36,991

3. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Champaign

For Neuroscience

#37 in the United States

#40 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 64%

4. University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#47 in the United States

#53 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 81%

5. Loyola University Chicago

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#126 in the United States

#142 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $37,511

6. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

North Chicago

For Neuroscience

#149 in the United States

#171 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 1,940
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1912

7. Illinois College

Jacksonville

For Neuroscience

#169 in the United States

#194 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1043
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $16,296

8. Northern Illinois University

DeKalb

For Neuroscience

#191 in the United States

#216 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $12,552
Enrollment: 15,649

9. Rush University

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#203 in the United States

#229 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,870
Male:Female: 22:78
Founded: 1972

10. Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Carbondale

For Neuroscience

#208 in the United States

#235 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1020
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 99%

11. Illinois State University

Normal

For Neuroscience

#215 in the United States

#242 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 98%

12. DePaul University

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#253 in the United States

#283 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $32,151

13. Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#267 in the United States

#299 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $28,702

14. NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia

Evanston

For Neuroscience

#269 in the United States

#301 in North America

Enrollment: 75
Male:Female: 30:70

15. Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Edwardsville

For Neuroscience

#348 in the United States

#387 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Average SAT: 1045
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%

16. Eastern Illinois University

Charleston

For Neuroscience

#372 in the United States

#413 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1010
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $11,773

17. Bradley University

Peoria

For Neuroscience

#394 in the United States

#437 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $24,053

18. Western Illinois University

Macomb

For Neuroscience

#432 in the United States

#475 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $15,632
Enrollment: 7,643

19. Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington

For Neuroscience

#451 in the United States

#494 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $30,096

20. Roosevelt University

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#502 in the United States

#550 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 960
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $22,117

21. Chicago State University

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#513 in the United States

#561 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $15,891
Enrollment: 2,317

22. University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield

For Neuroscience

#516 in the United States

#564 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1104
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 98%

23. Illinois College of Optometry

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#539 in the United States

#590 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 481
Male:Female: 27:73
Founded: 1872

24. Northeastern Illinois University

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#570 in the United States

#622 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $15,143
Enrollment: 5,756

25. Wheaton College - Illinois

Wheaton

For Neuroscience

#591 in the United States

#644 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $29,961

26. Elmhurst College

Elmhurst

For Neuroscience

#667 in the United States

#723 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $24,108

27. Lake Forest College

Lake Forest

For Neuroscience

#716 in the United States

#773 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1247
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $27,839

28. Governors State University

University Park

For Neuroscience

#730 in the United States

#787 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 945
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $11,987

29. School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#797 in the United States

#856 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Net Price: $53,923
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $18,290

30. Knox College

Galesburg

For Neuroscience

#800 in the United States

#859 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $26,882

31. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#820 in the United States

#880 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 40
Male:Female: 77:23

32. North Central College

Naperville

For Neuroscience

#822 in the United States

#882 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1130
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $25,285

33. National University of Health Sciences

Lombard

For Neuroscience

#845 in the United States

#908 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 498
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1906

34. Monmouth College

Monmouth

For Neuroscience

#857 in the United States

#920 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $20,237

35. National Louis University

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#893 in the United States

#958 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Net Price: $14,769
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $9,641

36. Adler University

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#903 in the United States

#969 in North America

Enrollment: 1,841
Male:Female: 18:82
Founded: 1952

37. Millikin University

Decatur

For Neuroscience

#930 in the United States

#997 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1065
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $10,492

38. Saint Xavier University

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#952 in the United States

#1019 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Net Price: $11,302
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,886

39. Augustana College

Rock Island

For Neuroscience

#962 in the United States

#1029 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1130
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $24,660

40. Dominican University

River Forest

For Neuroscience

#971 in the United States

#1038 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1015
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $18,162

41. University of St Francis

Joliet

For Neuroscience

#990 in the United States

#1058 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $18,560

42. Columbia College Chicago

Chicago

For Neuroscience

#1018 in the United States

#1087 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Net Price: $28,387
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $18,020

43. Rockford University

Rockford

For Neuroscience

#1021 in the United States

#1090 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 963
Average ACT: 16
Net Price: $25,047

44. Greenville University

Greenville

For Neuroscience

#1045 in the United States

#1116 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1009
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $20,718

45. Aurora University

Aurora

For Neuroscience

#1049 in the United States

#1120 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1089
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $19,350

46. Lewis University

Romeoville

For Neuroscience

#1074 in the United States

#1145 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $19,184

47. Benedictine University

Lisle

For Neuroscience

#1075 in the United States

#1146 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $25,658
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $20,083

Closest to Illinois states to learn Neuroscience

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Indiana	24	55
Missouri	22	13
Iowa	13	26
Kentucky	15	52
Wisconsin	25	16
Tennessee	25	36
Ohio	41	33
Michigan	23	10
Arkansas	10	112
West Virginia	10	116
Minnesota	23	22
Mississippi	9	130
Kansas	9	105
Alabama	20	49
Virginia	30	42
Georgia	29	17
North Carolina	29	24
Oklahoma	11	125
Nebraska	7	110
South Carolina	17	65
Pennsylvania	72	6
South Dakota	7	224
District of Columbia	8	69
Louisiana	17	91
Maryland	22	2
New York	105	7
New Jersey	21	32
North Dakota	4	189
Connecticut	18	4
Texas	59	28
Vermont	5	108
Colorado	16	68
Massachusetts	53	1
Rhode Island	9	51
Florida	34	29
New Hampshire	11	82
New Mexico	5	86
Maine	7	250
Montana	3	218
Utah	7	44
Arizona	6	46
Idaho	4	261
Nevada	4	141
Oregon	16	40
Washington	18	11
California	93	3
Puerto Rico	7	339
Hawaii	4	153

Closest to Illinois states to learn Neuroscience

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