Best Universities for Cognitive Science in the World

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Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Cognitive Science. A graph of 82.6M citations received by 3.09M academic papers made by 3,939 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. Harvard University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

3. Stanford University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

4. University of Oxford

For Cognitive Science

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

5. University of California - Berkeley

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

6. University of Toronto

For Cognitive Science

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

7. University of California-San Diego

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

9. Carnegie Mellon University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

10. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

11. New York University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

12. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

13. University of Cambridge

For Cognitive Science

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

14. Yale University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

15. Johns Hopkins University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

16. Columbia University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

17. University of California - Los Angeles

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

18. University of Washington - Seattle

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

19. University of Pennsylvania

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

20. University of British Columbia

For Cognitive Science

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

21. Cornell University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

22. McGill University

For Cognitive Science

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

23. Princeton University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

24. University of Pittsburgh

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

25. Washington University in St Louis

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

26. University of Southern California

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

27. Catholic University of Leuven

For Cognitive Science

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

28. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

29. University of Amsterdam

For Cognitive Science

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

30. University of Texas at Austin

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

31. Tsinghua University

For Cognitive Science

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

32. University of Maryland - College Park

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

33. Boston University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

34. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

35. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

36. Northwestern University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

38. Ohio State University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

39. University of Chicago

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

40. University of California - Davis

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

41. Duke University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

42. University of Iowa

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

43. University of Sydney

For Cognitive Science

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

44. Michigan State University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

45. University of California - San Francisco

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

46. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

47. Nanyang Technological University

For Cognitive Science

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

48. University of Florida

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

49. University of California - Irvine

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

50. Vanderbilt University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

51. Western University

For Cognitive Science

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

52. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Cognitive Science

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

53. Pennsylvania State University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

54. University of New South Wales

For Cognitive Science

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

55. University of Arizona

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

56. University of Tokyo

For Cognitive Science

#4 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

57. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

59. University of Queensland

For Cognitive Science

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

60. University of Montreal

For Cognitive Science

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

61. California Institute of Technology

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

62. University of Rochester

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

63. University of Edinburgh

For Cognitive Science

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

64. National University of Singapore

For Cognitive Science

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

65. University of Waterloo

For Cognitive Science

#6 in Canada
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

67. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Cognitive Science

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

68. Imperial College London

For Cognitive Science

#10 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

69. University of Bristol

For Cognitive Science

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

70. University of Melbourne

For Cognitive Science

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

71. Xidian University

For Cognitive Science

#7 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
35,277
Founded
1931

72. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

73. Florida State University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

75. Emory University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

76. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

77. Zhejiang University

For Cognitive Science

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

78. Purdue University

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

79. Tel Aviv University

For Cognitive Science

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

80. University of Alberta

For Cognitive Science

#7 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

81. Wuhan University

For Cognitive Science

#10 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

83. Peking University

For Cognitive Science

#12 in Asia
#8 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

84. University of Zurich

For Cognitive Science

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

86. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Cognitive Science

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

87. University of Hong Kong

For Cognitive Science

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

88. Monash University

For Cognitive Science

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

89. University of Virginia

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

90. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Cognitive Science

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

91. McMaster University

For Cognitive Science

#8 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

92. University of Tubingen

For Cognitive Science

#14 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Enrollment
27,770
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

93. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Cognitive Science

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

94. Utrecht University

For Cognitive Science

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

95. Karolinska Institute

For Cognitive Science

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

96. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Cognitive Science

#17 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
71,970
Founded
1953

97. University of Helsinki

For Cognitive Science

#18 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

98. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Cognitive Science

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

99. University of Science and Technology of China

For Cognitive Science

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

100. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For Cognitive Science

#19 in Asia
#14 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
39,000
Founded
1956