45 Best colleges for Cognitive Science in Massachusetts

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Massachusetts ranked based on their research performance in Cognitive Science. A graph of 4.53M citations received by 64.1K academic papers made by 45 universities in Massachusetts 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.

1. Harvard University

Cambridge

For Cognitive Science

#2 in the United States

#2 in North America

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

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge

For Cognitive Science

#6 in the United States

#7 in North America

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

3. Boston University

Boston

For Cognitive Science

#32 in the United States

#35 in North America

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

4. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Amherst

For Cognitive Science

#51 in the United States

#59 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 87%

5. Tufts University

Medford

For Cognitive Science

#65 in the United States

#78 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $33,333

6. Northeastern University

Boston

For Cognitive Science

#76 in the United States

#90 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $34,770

7. Brandeis University

Waltham

For Cognitive Science

#81 in the United States

#95 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,668

8. Boston College

Boston

For Cognitive Science

#103 in the United States

#120 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $32,590

9. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester

For Cognitive Science

#163 in the United States

#190 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,394
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1962

10. University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston

For Cognitive Science

#169 in the United States

#197 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 92%

11. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell

For Cognitive Science

#205 in the United States

#238 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 91%

12. Clark University

Worcester

For Cognitive Science

#208 in the United States

#241 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1320
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $32,767

13. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester

For Cognitive Science

#214 in the United States

#247 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Net Price: $47,799
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $28,005

14. Wellesley College

Wellesley

For Cognitive Science

#238 in the United States

#272 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $21,501

15. Williams College

Williamstown

For Cognitive Science

#249 in the United States

#283 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1515
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $16,988

16. William James College

Newton

For Cognitive Science

#264 in the United States

#299 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 951
Male:Female: 19:81
Founded: 1974

17. Smith College

Northampton

For Cognitive Science

#277 in the United States

#313 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Average SAT: 1474
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,823

18. Amherst College

Amherst

For Cognitive Science

#315 in the United States

#354 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1455
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $17,965

19. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Dartmouth

For Cognitive Science

#334 in the United States

#373 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 99%

20. Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley

For Cognitive Science

#379 in the United States

#421 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $35,782

21. Emerson College

Boston

For Cognitive Science

#394 in the United States

#438 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $50,703

22. College of the Holy Cross

Worcester

For Cognitive Science

#401 in the United States

#446 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $35,455

23. Western New England University

Springfield

For Cognitive Science

#421 in the United States

#467 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $31,548

24. MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boston

For Cognitive Science

#425 in the United States

#471 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,484
Male:Female: 16:84
Founded: 1977

25. Fisher College

Boston

For Cognitive Science

#440 in the United States

#488 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Net Price: $27,827
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $24,917

26. Bentley University

Waltham

For Cognitive Science

#442 in the United States

#490 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $43,858

27. Suffolk University

Boston

For Cognitive Science

#461 in the United States

#511 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $33,089

28. Babson College

Wellesley

For Cognitive Science

#470 in the United States

#521 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $30,220

29. Dean College

Franklin

For Cognitive Science

#479 in the United States

#530 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $31,472
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $31,467

30. Hebrew College

Newton Centre

For Cognitive Science

#484 in the United States

#535 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 177
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1921

31. Hampshire College

Amherst

For Cognitive Science

#494 in the United States

#545 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Net Price: $27,556
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $43,944

32. Merrimack College

North Andover

For Cognitive Science

#563 in the United States

#617 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $38,849
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,235

33. Simmons University

Boston

For Cognitive Science

#617 in the United States

#676 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $29,575

34. Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater

For Cognitive Science

#628 in the United States

#687 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 94%

35. Salem State University

Salem

For Cognitive Science

#632 in the United States

#692 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1075
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $8,241

36. Gordon College

Wenham

For Cognitive Science

#654 in the United States

#715 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1269
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $25,250

37. Emmanuel College

Boston

For Cognitive Science

#686 in the United States

#747 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $33,214

38. Westfield State University

Westfield

For Cognitive Science

#696 in the United States

#757 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $8,406
Enrollment: 4,555

39. Endicott College

Beverly

For Cognitive Science

#700 in the United States

#761 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $39,988

40. Framingham State University

Framingham

For Cognitive Science

#702 in the United States

#763 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1163
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $9,184

41. Springfield College

Springfield

For Cognitive Science

#738 in the United States

#800 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1165
Net Price: $29,198
Receiving Aid: 100%

42. Assumption College

Worcester

For Cognitive Science

#752 in the United States

#814 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Net Price: $29,072
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $32,759

43. Worcester State University

Worcester

For Cognitive Science

#757 in the United States

#819 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1144
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $7,332

44. New England College of Optometry

Boston

For Cognitive Science

#767 in the United States

#829 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 529
Male:Female: 24:76
Founded: 1894

45. Lesley University

Cambridge

For Cognitive Science

#768 in the United States

#830 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Net Price: $33,111
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $16,476

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Cognitive Science

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Rhode Island	5	50
Connecticut	14	10
New Hampshire	4	54
Vermont	3	130
New York	81	8
New Jersey	19	17
Maine	6	251
Pennsylvania	53	7
Maryland	19	12
District of Columbia	8	72
Virginia	19	49
West Virginia	3	102
Ohio	31	26
North Carolina	19	28
Michigan	20	4
South Carolina	10	96
Indiana	16	35
Kentucky	9	70
Tennessee	15	39
Wisconsin	17	23
Georgia	19	40
Illinois	30	9
Alabama	11	115
Iowa	7	34
Missouri	13	21
Florida	28	30
Minnesota	16	31
Mississippi	7	144
Arkansas	7	161
Louisiana	12	92
Kansas	8	66
South Dakota	4	333
North Dakota	3	148
Nebraska	6	109
Oklahoma	8	125
Puerto Rico	5	378
Texas	45	22
Colorado	12	53
New Mexico	4	97
Utah	6	58
Idaho	3	280
Arizona	4	44
Washington	13	11
Oregon	13	55
California	75	1

Psychology subfields in Massachusetts

Child Psychology52

Clinical Psychology45

Education Majors53

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution16

Neuroscience55

Occupational Therapy13

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology12