Based on registration for the Society for Neuroscience, below are the percentages of women attendees by year:
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Trainees | 50% | 49% | 50% | 49% | 50% | 50% |
| Faculty | 32% | 32% | 30% | 32% | 31% | 33% |
| Overall | 42% | 42% | 43% | 43% | 43% | 44% |
Average percentage of women trainees (postdocs and graduate students): 50%
Average percentage of women faculty (full, associate, assistant professors and department heads): 32%
Average percentage of women overall (faculty and trainees): 43%
By position type:
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Grad Students | 53% | 51% | 53% | 53% | 53% | 54% |
| Post-docs | 47% | 45% | 46% | 44% | 45% | 45% |
| Assistant Professors | 41% | 41% | 39% | 40% | 38% | 45% |
| Associate Professors | 34% | 35% | 34% | 35% | 35% | 37% |
| Professors | 28% | 29% | 27% | 29% | 29% | 30% |
| Department Heads | 22% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 21% | 20% |
Neuroscience Department Gender Ratios
Gender ratio in neuroscience departments as of June 2020:
| School | Women | Men | % Women |
| Princeton | 9 | 17 | 35% |
| UCSD | 39 | 71 | 35% |
| UCLA | 47 | 105 | 31% |
| UC Berkeley | 17 | 40 | 30% |
| UT Austin | 25 | 61 | 29% |
| U Penn | 5 | 13 | 28% |
| Stanford | 18 | 48 | 27% |
| MIT | 15 | 42 | 26% |
| UCSF | 23 | 66 | 26% |
| Johns Hopkins | 8 | 24 | 25% |
| Harvard | 33 | 102 | 24% |
| NYU | 15 | 54 | 22% |
| Columbia | 7 | 29 | 19% |
| Yale | 4 | 17 | 19% |
| Total | 265 | 689 | 28% |