2025 Best Behavioral Neuroscience Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #207 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of behavioral neuroscience. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 584 bachelor's degrees in behavioral neuroscience during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on behavioral neuroscience students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of behavioral neuroscience students who choose to seek a bachelor'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 behavioral neuroscience related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Behavioral Neuroscience Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Behavioral Neuroscience in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology

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University of California - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

172 Annual Graduates

University of California - Santa Barbara is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience. UCSB is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Santa Barbara.More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral neuroscience from University of California - Santa Barbara

2

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

412 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience. UCLA is a very large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a bachelor’s in behavioral neuroscience from University of California - Los Angeles

Best Behavioral Neuroscience Colleges by State

Explore the best behavioral neuroscience colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	643	600

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Behavioral Neuroscience Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Child Development & Psychology area of study, Behavioral Neuroscience has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	4,006
Experimental Psychology	537
Developmental & Child Psychology	78
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	73
Social Psychology	65

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.