2025 Best Neurosciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in neurosciences, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #45 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for neurosciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 119 doctor's degrees in neurosciences to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Neurosciences School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of neurosciences for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality neurosciences program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on neurosciences students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other neurosciences students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized neurosciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for neurosciences students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Neurosciences Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Neurosciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Neurosciences in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in neurosciences.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Neurosciences

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in neurosciences. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from University of California - Los Angeles

2

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Stanford University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in neurosciences. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Stanford.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from Stanford University

3

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is a good option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in neurosciences. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from University of Southern California

4

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

University of California - San Diego is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in neurosciences. UCSD is a very large public university located in the large city of La Jolla.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from University of California - San Diego

5

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from University of California - Berkeley

Best Neurosciences Colleges by State

Explore the best neurosciences schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	381	92
Washington	216	13
Oregon	145	9
Nevada	111	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Neurosciences

One of 4 majors within the Neurobiology & Neurosciences area of study, Neurosciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Neurosciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Neurobiology & Behavior	14
Other Neurobiology & Neurosciences	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.