If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in cognitive science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #117 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Cognitive Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 104 bachelor's degrees in cognitive science to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to cognitive science students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other cognitive science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt cognitive science students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized cognitive science related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for cognitive science students working on their bachelor's degree.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Cognitive Science in the Southeast Region
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for cognitive science students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Cognitive Science
Vanderbilt University is a good option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in cognitive science. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Cognitive Science bachelor's degree recipients from Vanderbilt University get an earnings boost of about $2,838 above the average earnings of cognitive science majors.
University of Georgia is a great decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in cognitive science. UGA is a very large public university located in the city of Athens.
Bachelor's recipients from the cognitive science program at University of Georgia get $5,448 above the standard graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
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).
