Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

75 Best Universities in Pennsylvania for Neuroscience

We ranked the top 75 universities for Neuroscience in Pennsylvania based on strict academic metrics. Our methodology evaluated 1.66M subject-specific papers and 65.57M citations to find the strongest faculties. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#6 in United States #7 in North America

5% Acceptance

1,947 Enrollment

1540 Avg SAT

1740 Founded

2

Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

For Neuroscience

#12 in United States #13 in North America

58% Acceptance

25,900 Enrollment

1370 Avg SAT

1787 Founded

3

University Park, PA

Pennsylvania State University

For Neuroscience

#43 in United States #48 in North America

61% Acceptance

42,604 Enrollment

1330 Avg SAT

1855 Founded

4

Pittsburgh

Carnegie Mellon University

For Neuroscience

#60 in United States #68 in North America

12% Acceptance

7,377 Enrollment

1535 Avg SAT

1900 Founded

5

Philadelphia

Temple University

For Neuroscience

#78 in United States #89 in North America

80% Acceptance

21,457 Enrollment

1520 Avg SAT

1884 Founded

6

Philadelphia

Thomas Jefferson University

For Neuroscience

#85 in United States #97 in North America

81% Acceptance

814 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1824 Founded

7

Philadelphia

Drexel University

For Neuroscience

#89 in United States #101 in North America

79% Acceptance

10,603 Enrollment

1340 Avg SAT

1891 Founded

8

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University

For Neuroscience

#234 in United States #264 in North America

26% Acceptance

5,911 Enrollment

1435 Avg SAT

1865 Founded

9

Selinsgrove

Susquehanna University

For Neuroscience

#785 in United States #843 in North America

81% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1200 Avg SAT

1858 Founded

10

Lewisburg, PA

Bucknell University

For Neuroscience

#341 in United States #377 in North America

29% Acceptance

3,920 Enrollment

1390 Avg SAT

1846 Founded

11

Lock Haven

Lock Haven University

For Neuroscience

#848 in United States #911 in North America

87% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1185 Avg SAT

1870 Founded

12

Kutztown

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#704 in United States #760 in North America

91% Acceptance

4,588 Enrollment

1215 Avg SAT

1866 Founded

13

Bethlehem, PA

Moravian College

For Neuroscience

#862 in United States #925 in North America

54% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1178 Avg SAT

1742 Founded

14

Chester, PA

Widener University

For Neuroscience

#514 in United States #563 in North America

71% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1185 Avg SAT

1862 Founded

15

Moon Township

Robert Morris University

For Neuroscience

#793 in United States #852 in North America

90% Acceptance

5,135 Enrollment

1052 Avg SAT

1921 Founded

16

Bryn Mawr

Bryn Mawr College

For Neuroscience

#356 in United States #395 in North America

29% Acceptance

1,360 Enrollment

1395 Avg SAT

1885 Founded

17

Washington, PA

Washington & Jefferson College

For Neuroscience

#806 in United States #867 in North America

81% Acceptance

6,885 Enrollment

1125 Avg SAT

1781 Founded

18

Bloomsburg

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#558 in United States #610 in North America

73% Acceptance

9,377 Enrollment

1185 Avg SAT

1839 Founded

19

Huntingdon

Juniata College

For Neuroscience

#1069 in United States #1140 in North America

79% Acceptance

12,029 Enrollment

1225 Avg SAT

1876 Founded

20

California, PA

California University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#198 in United States #224 in North America

83% Acceptance

1470 Avg SAT

1852 Founded

21

York, PA

York College of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#315 in United States #350 in North America

74% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1145 Avg SAT

1787 Founded

22

Pittsburgh

Duquesne University

For Neuroscience

#250 in United States #280 in North America

84% Acceptance

6,885 Enrollment

1260 Avg SAT

1878 Founded

23

Edinboro

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#975 in United States #1043 in North America

83% Acceptance

3,070 Enrollment

1045 Avg SAT

1857 Founded

24

Millersville

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#673 in United States #729 in North America

86% Acceptance

3,707 Enrollment

1115 Avg SAT

1855 Founded

25

Saint Davids

Eastern University

For Neuroscience

#995 in United States #1063 in North America

91% Acceptance

442 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1952 Founded

26

Lancaster, PA

Franklin and Marshall College

For Neuroscience

#339 in United States #375 in North America

28% Acceptance

1,808 Enrollment

1387 Avg SAT

1787 Founded

27

Erie

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

For Neuroscience

#489 in United States #538 in North America

11% Acceptance

2,901 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

28

Pittsburgh

Chatham University

For Neuroscience

#813 in United States #874 in North America

62% Acceptance

1,550 Enrollment

1183 Avg SAT

1869 Founded

29

Swarthmore

Swarthmore College

For Neuroscience

#329 in United States #365 in North America

7% Acceptance

1,623 Enrollment

1525 Avg SAT

1864 Founded

30

Harrisburg, PA

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

For Neuroscience

#1096 in United States #1168 in North America

87% Acceptance

4,202 Enrollment

1269 Avg SAT

2001 Founded

31

Wilkes-Barre

Wilkes University

For Neuroscience

#714 in United States #771 in North America

91% Acceptance

17,560 Enrollment

1135 Avg SAT

1933 Founded

32

Clarion

Clarion University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#994 in United States #1062 in North America

83% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1170 Avg SAT

1867 Founded

33

Carlisle, PA

Dickinson College

For Neuroscience

#734 in United States #792 in North America

42% Acceptance

2,311 Enrollment

1385 Avg SAT

1773 Founded

34

Pittsburgh

La Roche College

For Neuroscience

#225 in United States #253 in North America

76% Acceptance

281 Enrollment

1070 Avg SAT

1963 Founded

35

Elizabethtown, PA

Elizabethtown College

For Neuroscience

#710 in United States #767 in North America

78% Acceptance

1,903 Enrollment

1208 Avg SAT

1899 Founded

36

Villanova

Villanova University

For Neuroscience

#277 in United States #310 in North America

27% Acceptance

4,202 Enrollment

1453 Avg SAT

1842 Founded

37

New Wilmington

Westminster College

For Neuroscience

#900 in United States #967 in North America

93% Acceptance

1,137 Enrollment

1008 Avg SAT

1852 Founded

38

Shippensburg

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#728 in United States #786 in North America

87% Acceptance

4,371 Enrollment

1075 Avg SAT

1871 Founded

39

East Stroudsburg

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#925 in United States #992 in North America

92% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1090 Avg SAT

1893 Founded

40

Philadelphia

Saint Joseph’s University

For Neuroscience

#355 in United States #393 in North America

89% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1260 Avg SAT

1851 Founded

41

Elkins Park

Salus University

For Neuroscience

#433 in United States #477 in North America

34% Acceptance

400 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1919 Founded

42

Beaver Falls

For Neuroscience

#309 in United States #344 in North America

100% Acceptance

1,029 Enrollment

1370 Avg SAT

1848 Founded

43

Scranton

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

For Neuroscience

#675 in United States #731 in North America

100% Acceptance

64 Enrollment

1140 Avg SAT

2008 Founded

44

Annville

Lebanon Valley College

For Neuroscience

#843 in United States #906 in North America

84% Acceptance

1,720 Enrollment

1221 Avg SAT

1866 Founded

45

Philadelphia

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

For Neuroscience

#415 in United States #458 in North America

12% Acceptance

2,220 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

46

Mansfield, PA

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#430 in United States #474 in North America

87% Acceptance

442 Enrollment

1190 Avg SAT

1857 Founded

47

Indiana, PA

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#434 in United States #478 in North America

91% Acceptance

6,938 Enrollment

1075 Avg SAT

1875 Founded

48

Reading, PA

Albright College

For Neuroscience

#984 in United States #1052 in North America

76% Acceptance

1,230 Enrollment

1365 Avg SAT

1856 Founded

49

Bryn Mawr

American College of Financial Services

For Neuroscience

#948 in United States #1016 in North America

79% Acceptance

669 Enrollment

1235 Avg SAT

1927 Founded

50

Philadelphia

Chestnut Hill College

For Neuroscience

#393 in United States #436 in North America

74% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1170 Avg SAT

1924 Founded

51

Slippery Rock

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#544 in United States #596 in North America

71% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1085 Avg SAT

1889 Founded

52

Erie

Gannon University

For Neuroscience

#781 in United States #839 in North America

74% Acceptance

14,074 Enrollment

1235 Avg SAT

1925 Founded

53

Gettysburg

Gettysburg College

For Neuroscience

#439 in United States #483 in North America

39% Acceptance

2,104 Enrollment

1365 Avg SAT

1832 Founded

54

Center Valley

DeSales University

For Neuroscience

#1115 in United States #1187 in North America

77% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1175 Avg SAT

1964 Founded

55

Loretto

Saint Francis University

For Neuroscience

#635 in United States #690 in North America

77% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1140 Avg SAT

1847 Founded

56

Dallas, PA

Misericordia University

For Neuroscience

#701 in United States #757 in North America

71% Acceptance

835 Enrollment

1170 Avg SAT

1924 Founded

57

Philadelphia

La Salle University

For Neuroscience

#584 in United States #637 in North America

97% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1260 Avg SAT

1863 Founded

58

Mechanicsburg

Messiah College

For Neuroscience

#1010 in United States #1078 in North America

79% Acceptance

2,618 Enrollment

1230 Avg SAT

1909 Founded

59

West Chester

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#400 in United States #443 in North America

78% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1185 Avg SAT

1871 Founded

60

Williamsport

Lycoming College

For Neuroscience

#1031 in United States #1100 in North America

74% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1190 Avg SAT

1812 Founded

61

Wilkes-Barre

King’s College – Pennsylvania

For Neuroscience

#336 in United States #372 in North America

93% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1170 Avg SAT

1946 Founded

62

Erie

Mercyhurst University

For Neuroscience

#1040 in United States #1109 in North America

81% Acceptance

6,938 Enrollment

1215 Avg SAT

1926 Founded

63

Hershey

Pennsylvania State University – College of Medicine

For Neuroscience

#127 in United States #145 in North America

10% Acceptance

2,220 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1967 Founded

64

Collegeville

Ursinus College

For Neuroscience

#778 in United States #836 in North America

92% Acceptance

1,502 Enrollment

1293 Avg SAT

1869 Founded

65

Easton, PA

Lafayette College

For Neuroscience

#509 in United States #558 in North America

31% Acceptance

2,775 Enrollment

1425 Avg SAT

1826 Founded

66

Greensburg

Seton Hill University

For Neuroscience

#1065 in United States #1136 in North America

80% Acceptance

1,501 Enrollment

1130 Avg SAT

1885 Founded

67

Allentown

Muhlenberg College

For Neuroscience

#873 in United States #939 in North America

72% Acceptance

1,737 Enrollment

1330 Avg SAT

1848 Founded

68

Latrobe

Saint Vincent College

For Neuroscience

#1079 in United States #1151 in North America

62% Acceptance

1,284 Enrollment

1125 Avg SAT

1846 Founded

69

Meadville

Allegheny College

For Neuroscience

#267 in United States #298 in North America

55% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1266 Avg SAT

1815 Founded

70

Lincoln University

Lincoln University

For Neuroscience

#1006 in United States #1074 in North America

66% Acceptance

1,765 Enrollment

890 Avg SAT

1854 Founded

71

Haverford

Haverford College

For Neuroscience

#451 in United States #495 in North America

12% Acceptance

896 Enrollment

1505 Avg SAT

1833 Founded

72

Scranton

Marywood University

For Neuroscience

#832 in United States #894 in North America

61% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1155 Avg SAT

1915 Founded

73

Glenside

Arcadia University

For Neuroscience

#574 in United States #627 in North America

80% Acceptance

2,030 Enrollment

1165 Avg SAT

1853 Founded

74

Philadelphia

University of the Sciences

For Neuroscience

#380 in United States #423 in North America

69% Acceptance

4,473 Enrollment

1340 Avg SAT

1821 Founded

75

Scranton

University of Scranton

For Neuroscience

#492 in United States #541 in North America

81% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1239 Avg SAT

1888 Founded