2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science in Massachusetts

A bachelor's degree in cognitive science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #128 out of 338 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 82 bachelor's degrees in cognitive science during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Cognitive Science School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your bachelor's degree in cognitive science matters. We created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science in Massachusetts ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality cognitive science program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Cognitive Science Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for cognitive science.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Cognitive Science in Massachusetts

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in cognitive science.

Most Well Attended Schools for Cognitive Science Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Tufts University
Medford, MA

51 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In MA

$16,250 Median Student Debt

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Tufts University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in cognitive science. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in cognitive science in Massachusetts.

There were approximately 51 cognitive science individuals who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

Simmons University
Boston, MA

16 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In MA

$26,399 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in cognitive science has to check out Simmons University. Simmons is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in cognitive science in Massachusetts.

There were roughly 16 cognitive science individuals who graduated with this degree at Simmons in the most recent year we have data available.

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3

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

9 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a popular option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in cognitive science. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in cognitive science in Massachusetts.

There were approximately 9 cognitive science individuals who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in cognitive science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4

Hampshire College
Amherst, MA

6 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in cognitive science needs to check out Hampshire College. Located in the suburb of Amherst, Hampshire is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

There were roughly 6 cognitive science individuals who graduated with this degree at Hampshire in the most recent data year.

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Best Cognitive Science Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Cognitive Science Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	176	26
Rhode Island	156	11
New Hampshire	153	14

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Rankings in Majors Related to Cognitive Science

One of 44 majors within the Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies area of study, Cognitive Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Cognitive Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Cognitive Science	82

Majors Similar to Cognitive Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	533
International Studies	253
Interdisciplinary Studies	144
Nutrition Science	138
Biopsychology	51
Data Science	45
Mathematics & Computer Science	35
Sustainability Science	35
Natural Sciences	32
Human Computer Interaction	28

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Allan Ajifo. More about our data sources and methodologies.