2025 Best Cognitive Science Schools in the New England Region
3Colleges in the New England Region
176Cognitive Science Degrees Awarded
$47,753Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, cognitive science sits in the middle of the road, ranking #172 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Cognitive Science Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 176 degrees in cognitive science annually.
The cognitive science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Cognitive Science rankings. For our Best Overall Cognitive Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Cognitive Science Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Cognitive Science in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of cognitive science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New England Region Schools in Cognitive Science
It's hard to beat Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue a degree in cognitive science. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.
There were about 55 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Yale University if you wish to pursue a degree in cognitive science. Yale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of New Haven. This university ranks 1st out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 42 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent year we have data available.
Tufts University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in cognitive science. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 40 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year. Those cognitive science students who get their degree from Tufts University earn $27,919 more than the average cognitive science grad.
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).
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The cognitive science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Cognitive Science rankings. For our Best Overall Cognitive Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
