2025 Best Neurosciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Neurosciences is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #45 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Neurosciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 115 doctor's degrees in neurosciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Neurosciences School for Your Doctor's Degree

The neurosciences doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to neurosciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of neurosciences students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• 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 colleges for neurosciences students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Neurosciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Neurosciences in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in neurosciences.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Neurosciences

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in neurosciences. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from Northwestern University

2

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in neurosciences. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

3

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in neurosciences has to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from University of Wisconsin - Madison

4

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in neurosciences. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Best Neurosciences Colleges by State

Explore the best neurosciences schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	35
Michigan	257	19
Ohio	253	23
Indiana	202	14
Wisconsin	163	6

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Neurosciences Related Rankings by Major

Neurosciences is one of 4 different types of Neurobiology & Neurosciences programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Neurobiology & Anatomy	5

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.