2024 Best Cognitive Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in cognitive science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #124 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for cognitive science students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 87 bachelor's degrees in cognitive science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized cognitive science related body.

Our full 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Cognitive Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in cognitive science.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in Cognitive Science

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in cognitive science. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.More information about a bachelor’s in cognitive science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Tufts University
Medford, MA

43 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Tufts University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in cognitive science. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in cognitive science from Tufts University

Best Cognitive Science Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	341	38
Rhode Island	307	7
New Hampshire	276	12

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Cognitive Science Related Rankings by Major

One of 2 majors within the Cognitive Science area of study, Cognitive Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.