Huberman Lab Disciples
These students drink athletic greens, actively try to optimize their circadian rhythms, and view human emotion purely as dopamine fluctuations. They are absolutely going to get a Ph.D. and will not stop telling you about it.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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| 1 |
Stanford
Stanford,
CA
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Stanford, CA | — | 4% | — | — | — | — |
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| 2 |
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore,
MD
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Baltimore, MD | 130 | 6% | 48% / 52% | 11% | $68,015 | — |
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| 3 |
U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 152 | 4% | 36% / 64% | 5% | $96,561 | — |
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| 4 |
U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
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La Jolla, CA | 185 | 29% | 39% / 61% | 11% | $61,518 | — |
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| 5 |
UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 143 | 9% | 37% / 63% | 10% | $70,521 | — |
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Rat Maze Architects
Spending 40 hours a week in a basement watching mice navigate water mazes and pulling tiny levers. They know significantly more about rodent anxiety than they do about actual human behavior.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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| 1 |
Duke
Durham,
NC
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Durham, NC | 87 | 5% | 26% / 74% | 7% | $78,521 | — |
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| 2 |
Columbia
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 104 | 4% | 30% / 70% | 13% | $71,749 | — |
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| 3 |
Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis,
MO
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Saint Louis, MO | 63 | 8% | 46% / 54% | 6% | — | — |
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| 4 |
New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 57 | 9% | 30% / 70% | 21% | $60,548 | — |
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| 5 |
U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | — | 11% | — | — | — | — |
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Pre-Meds in Disguise
They chose Neuroscience because Biology felt too basic and they wanted to impress medical school admissions committees. Currently crying over organic chemistry and running entirely on caffeine.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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| 1 |
Emory
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 170 | 12% | 32% / 68% | 6% | $68,758 | — |
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| 2 |
Northwestern
Evanston,
IL
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Evanston, IL | 110 | 7% | 31% / 69% | 5% | — | — |
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| 3 |
U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 159 | 16% | 35% / 65% | 4% | $73,150 | — |
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| 4 |
U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 63 | 5% | 38% / 62% | 6% | — | — |
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| 5 |
Vanderbilt
Nashville,
TN
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Nashville, TN | 50 | 4% | 50% / 50% | 6% | $76,063 | — |
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Serotonin Seekers
Solid, research-heavy programs where you actually get to touch an EEG machine before you graduate. Will confidently diagnose your bad mood as a temporary chemical deficit.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | 5-Year Earn | ||
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| 1 |
U. of Washington
Seattle,
WA
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Seattle, WA | 54 | 42% | 31% / 69% | 2% | $59,354 | — |
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| 2 |
Boston
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 122 | 13% | 28% / 72% | 9% | $67,986 | — |
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| 3 |
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill,
NC
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Chapel Hill, NC | 166 | 17% | 33% / 67% | 4% | — | — |
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| 4 |
U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison,
WI
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Madison, WI | 223 | 41% | 36% / 64% | 5% | — | — |
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| 5 |
U. of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 110 | 12% | 40% / 60% | 5% | $69,241 | — |
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