Best Universities for Cognitive Science in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Cognitive Science. A graph of 117M citations received by 3.5M academic papers made by 4,169 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

2. Stanford University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

3. Harvard University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

4. University of Oxford

For Cognitive Science

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

5. University of Toronto

For Cognitive Science

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

6. University of California - Berkeley

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

7. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

8. University of California-San Diego

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

10. Carnegie Mellon University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

11. New York University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

12. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

13. Yale University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

14. University of Cambridge

For Cognitive Science

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

15. University of Washington - Seattle

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

16. Johns Hopkins University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

17. University of California - Los Angeles

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

18. University of Pennsylvania

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

19. Columbia University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

20. University of British Columbia

For Cognitive Science

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

21. Cornell University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

22. Princeton University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

23. McGill University

For Cognitive Science

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

24. University of Pittsburgh

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

25. Northwestern University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

26. University of Amsterdam

For Cognitive Science

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

27. University of Southern California

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

28. Washington University in St Louis

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,440

29. University of Texas at Austin

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

30. Catholic University of Leuven

For Cognitive Science

#5 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

31. Tsinghua University

For Cognitive Science

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

32. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

33. University of Chicago

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

34. University of Maryland - College Park

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

36. Ohio State University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

37. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

38. Duke University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

39. University of California - Davis

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

40. University of Florida

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

41. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

42. Boston University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

43. University of Edinburgh

For Cognitive Science

#7 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

44. Western University

For Cognitive Science

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

45. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

46. University of Sydney

For Cognitive Science

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

47. University of Iowa

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
88%

48. Purdue University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

49. Michigan State University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

50. Nanyang Technological University

For Cognitive Science

#2 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

51. University of California - San Francisco

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,126
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

52. University of California - Irvine

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

53. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Cognitive Science

#3 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

54. Vanderbilt University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,689

55. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

56. University of New South Wales

For Cognitive Science

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,864
Founded
1949

57. Pennsylvania State University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

58. University of Montreal

For Cognitive Science

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
66,972
Founded
1878

60. University of Tokyo

For Cognitive Science

#4 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,479
Founded
1877

63. University of Rochester

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,900

64. California Institute of Technology

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

65. University of Queensland

For Cognitive Science

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

66. University of Arizona

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

67. University of Freiburg

For Cognitive Science

#9 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
23,938
Founded
1457

68. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Cognitive Science

#6 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1920

69. National University of Singapore

For Cognitive Science

#7 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

70. University of Bristol

For Cognitive Science

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

71. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

72. University of Melbourne

For Cognitive Science

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

73. Imperial College London

For Cognitive Science

#11 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

76. Zhejiang University

For Cognitive Science

#8 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

77. University of Alberta

For Cognitive Science

#7 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

78. Emory University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,986

79. Florida State University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

80. Xidian University

For Cognitive Science

#9 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
35,277
Founded
1931

81. Peking University

For Cognitive Science

#10 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

82. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

83. Tel Aviv University

For Cognitive Science

#11 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

84. Wuhan University

For Cognitive Science

#12 in Asia
#8 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

85. Utrecht University

For Cognitive Science

#14 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

86. University of Science and Technology of China

For Cognitive Science

#13 in Asia
#9 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

87. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Cognitive Science

#14 in Asia
#10 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

88. University of Virginia

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
44%

89. University of Zurich

For Cognitive Science

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

90. University of Hong Kong

For Cognitive Science

#15 in Asia
#11 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

91. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Cognitive Science

#16 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

92. McMaster University

For Cognitive Science

#8 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

93. Brown University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,608

94. University of Tubingen

For Cognitive Science

#16 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Enrollment
28,238
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

95. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Cognitive Science

#17 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

96. Monash University

For Cognitive Science

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

98. Karolinska Institute

For Cognitive Science

#18 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
8,070
Founded
1861

99. University of York

For Cognitive Science

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

100. University of Groningen

For Cognitive Science

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614