53 Best colleges for Neuroscience in Massachusetts

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Massachusetts ranked based on their research performance in Neuroscience. A graph of 10.5M citations received by 193K academic papers made by 53 universities in Massachusetts 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. Harvard University

Cambridge

For Neuroscience

#1 in the United States

#1 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $19,491

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge

For Neuroscience

#19 in the United States

#22 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1555
Average ACT: 36
Net Price: $20,232

3. Boston University

Boston

For Neuroscience

#23 in the United States

#26 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,829

4. Tufts University

Medford

For Neuroscience

#63 in the United States

#72 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,479

5. Brandeis University

Waltham

For Neuroscience

#84 in the United States

#96 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1450
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $45,565

6. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester

For Neuroscience

#92 in the United States

#104 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,352
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1962

7. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Amherst

For Neuroscience

#94 in the United States

#107 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 91%

8. Northeastern University

Boston

For Neuroscience

#127 in the United States

#145 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $35,827

9. Boston College

Boston

For Neuroscience

#147 in the United States

#169 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1488
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,559

10. University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston

For Neuroscience

#193 in the United States

#218 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 99%

11. Clark University

Worcester

For Neuroscience

#252 in the United States

#282 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $32,053

12. Wellesley College

Wellesley

For Neuroscience

#258 in the United States

#288 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $21,362

13. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell

For Neuroscience

#268 in the United States

#300 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1259
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 91%

14. Smith College

Northampton

For Neuroscience

#289 in the United States

#324 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $30,790

15. Williams College

Williamstown

For Neuroscience

#292 in the United States

#327 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,965

16. William James College

Newton

For Neuroscience

#295 in the United States

#330 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 897
Male:Female: 20:80
Founded: 1974

17. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester

For Neuroscience

#296 in the United States

#331 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Net Price: $46,876
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $27,059

18. Amherst College

Amherst

For Neuroscience

#345 in the United States

#382 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $21,367

19. New England College of Optometry

Boston

For Neuroscience

#369 in the United States

#410 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 536
Male:Female: 23:77
Founded: 1894

20. MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boston

For Neuroscience

#373 in the United States

#414 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,353
Male:Female: 15:85
Founded: 1977

21. Suffolk University

Boston

For Neuroscience

#399 in the United States

#442 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $32,270

22. MCPHS University

Boston

For Neuroscience

#400 in the United States

#443 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $38,776

23. Bentley University

Waltham

For Neuroscience

#418 in the United States

#461 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1339
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $44,233

24. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Dartmouth

For Neuroscience

#438 in the United States

#481 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1140
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 98%

25. College of the Holy Cross

Worcester

For Neuroscience

#442 in the United States

#485 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $34,679

26. Dean College

Franklin

For Neuroscience

#458 in the United States

#501 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Net Price: $32,219
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,972

27. Babson College

Wellesley

For Neuroscience

#476 in the United States

#522 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Average SAT: 1430
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $28,400

28. Simmons University

Boston

For Neuroscience

#477 in the United States

#523 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $24,423

29. Emerson College

Boston

For Neuroscience

#487 in the United States

#533 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $51,432

30. Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley

For Neuroscience

#541 in the United States

#592 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $35,765

31. Springfield College

Springfield

For Neuroscience

#582 in the United States

#635 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $27,930

32. Fisher College

Boston

For Neuroscience

#596 in the United States

#649 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $26,257
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $25,406

33. Western New England University

Springfield

For Neuroscience

#644 in the United States

#698 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $30,214

34. Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater

For Neuroscience

#666 in the United States

#722 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 94%

35. Hebrew College

Newton Centre

For Neuroscience

#668 in the United States

#724 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 212
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1921

36. Merrimack College

North Andover

For Neuroscience

#680 in the United States

#737 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Net Price: $37,296
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $27,729

37. Hampshire College

Amherst

For Neuroscience

#682 in the United States

#739 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Net Price: $24,087
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $44,835

38. Westfield State University

Westfield

For Neuroscience

#723 in the United States

#780 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $6,904
Enrollment: 4,702

39. Framingham State University

Framingham

For Neuroscience

#739 in the United States

#796 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1105
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $8,069

40. Salem State University

Salem

For Neuroscience

#751 in the United States

#808 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1098
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $8,562

41. Worcester State University

Worcester

For Neuroscience

#764 in the United States

#823 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1118
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 100%

42. Emmanuel College

Boston

For Neuroscience

#787 in the United States

#846 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $32,273

43. Stonehill College

Easton

For Neuroscience

#788 in the United States

#847 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Net Price: $31,021
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $34,710

44. Assumption College

Worcester

For Neuroscience

#810 in the United States

#869 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Net Price: $28,911
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $32,492

45. Wheaton College - Massachusetts

Norton

For Neuroscience

#825 in the United States

#885 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1325
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $32,863

46. Gordon College

Wenham

For Neuroscience

#868 in the United States

#933 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $24,483

47. Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg

For Neuroscience

#877 in the United States

#942 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 89%

48. Curry College

Milton

For Neuroscience

#878 in the United States

#943 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Net Price: $31,091
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,402

49. Newbury College

Brookline

For Neuroscience

#884 in the United States

#949 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $23,613
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $26,393

50. Endicott College

Beverly

For Neuroscience

#892 in the United States

#957 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1205
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $39,496

51. Regis College

Weston

For Neuroscience

#898 in the United States

#963 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Net Price: $30,014
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $31,088

52. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham

For Neuroscience

#940 in the United States

#1007 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $38,502

53. Lesley University

Cambridge

For Neuroscience

#963 in the United States

#1030 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $32,414
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $16,279

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Neuroscience

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Rhode Island	9	51
Connecticut	18	4
New Hampshire	11	82
Vermont	5	108
New York	105	7
New Jersey	21	32
Maine	7	250
Pennsylvania	72	6
Maryland	22	2
District of Columbia	8	69
Virginia	30	42
West Virginia	10	116
Ohio	41	33
North Carolina	29	24
Michigan	23	10
South Carolina	17	65
Indiana	24	55
Kentucky	15	52
Tennessee	25	36
Wisconsin	25	16
Georgia	29	17
Illinois	47	18
Alabama	20	49
Iowa	13	26
Missouri	22	13
Florida	34	29
Minnesota	23	22
Mississippi	9	130
Arkansas	10	112
Louisiana	17	91
Kansas	9	105
South Dakota	7	224
North Dakota	4	189
Nebraska	7	110
Oklahoma	11	125
Puerto Rico	7	339
Texas	59	28
Colorado	16	68
Montana	3	218
New Mexico	5	86
Utah	7	44
Idaho	4	261
Arizona	6	46
Nevada	4	141
Washington	18	11
Oregon	16	40
California	93	3
Hawaii	4	153

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Neuroscience

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