2025 Best Neurosciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Ranked #45 in popularity, neurosciences is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for neurosciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 117 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various 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 schools for neurosciences students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Neurosciences in the Southeast Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for neurosciences students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Neurosciences

1

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Vanderbilt University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in neurosciences. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from Vanderbilt University

2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in neurosciences. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3

Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Wake Forest University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in neurosciences. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from Wake Forest University

4

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in neurosciences. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a doctorate in neurosciences from University of Virginia - Main Campus

Best Neurosciences Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	13
North Carolina	190	19
Georgia	190	17
Virginia	182	13
Mississippi	154	1
Tennessee	150	11
Louisiana	146	6
South Carolina	135	2
Kentucky	119	1
West Virginia	61	5

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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 Majors Related to Neurosciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Neurobiology & Anatomy	9

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.