Cognitive Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #238 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for cognitive science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 60 degrees in cognitive science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of cognitive science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in cognitive science. RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy. This school ranks 9th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 14 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent year we have data available.
New York University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in cognitive science. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Vassar College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in cognitive science. Vassar is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie. This college ranks 13th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 17 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at Vassar in the most recent year we have data available.
Cognitive Science is one of 2 different types of Cognitive Science programs to choose from.
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).
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Your choice of cognitive science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
