Cognitive Science is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #172 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Cognitive Science Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 77 degrees in cognitive science annually.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Cognitive Science Schools in Texas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the cognitive science degree levels they offer.
It is hard to beat Rice University if you want to pursue a degree in cognitive science. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Houston.
Students who graduate with their degree from the cognitive science program report average early career wages of $47,459.
Any student pursuing a degree in cognitive science has to look into The University of Texas at Dallas. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public university with a very large student population.
Soon after graduating, cognitive science degree recipients generally make an average of $44,752 in the first five years of their career.
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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