Best Universities for Cognitive Science in North America

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Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Cognitive Science. A graph of 39.5M citations received by 935K academic papers made by 812 universities in North America 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

For Cognitive Science

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. Stanford University

For Cognitive Science

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Cognitive Science

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

4. University of Toronto

For Cognitive Science

#1 in Canada
#6 in the World
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

5. University of California-San Diego

For Cognitive Science

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Cognitive Science

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

7. Carnegie Mellon University

For Cognitive Science

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

8. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Cognitive Science

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

9. New York University

For Cognitive Science

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

10. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Cognitive Science

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

11. Yale University

For Cognitive Science

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

12. Johns Hopkins University

For Cognitive Science

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

13. Columbia University

For Cognitive Science

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

14. University of California - Los Angeles

For Cognitive Science

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

15. University of Washington - Seattle

For Cognitive Science

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

16. University of Pennsylvania

For Cognitive Science

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

17. University of British Columbia

For Cognitive Science

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

18. Cornell University

For Cognitive Science

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

19. McGill University

For Cognitive Science

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

20. Princeton University

For Cognitive Science

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

21. University of Pittsburgh

For Cognitive Science

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

22. Washington University in St Louis

For Cognitive Science

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

23. University of Southern California

For Cognitive Science

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

24. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Cognitive Science

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

25. University of Texas at Austin

For Cognitive Science

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

26. University of Maryland - College Park

For Cognitive Science

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

27. Boston University

For Cognitive Science

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

28. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Cognitive Science

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

29. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Cognitive Science

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

30. Northwestern University

For Cognitive Science

#36 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

31. Ohio State University

For Cognitive Science

#38 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

32. University of Chicago

For Cognitive Science

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

33. University of California - Davis

For Cognitive Science

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

34. Duke University

For Cognitive Science

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

35. University of Iowa

For Cognitive Science

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

36. Michigan State University

For Cognitive Science

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

37. University of California - San Francisco

For Cognitive Science

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

38. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Cognitive Science

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

39. University of Florida

For Cognitive Science

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

40. University of California - Irvine

For Cognitive Science

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

41. Vanderbilt University

For Cognitive Science

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

42. Western University

For Cognitive Science

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

43. Pennsylvania State University

For Cognitive Science

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

44. University of Arizona

For Cognitive Science

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

45. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Cognitive Science

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

46. University of Montreal

For Cognitive Science

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

47. California Institute of Technology

For Cognitive Science

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

48. University of Rochester

For Cognitive Science

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

49. University of Waterloo

For Cognitive Science

#6 in Canada
#65 in the World
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

50. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Cognitive Science

#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

51. Florida State University

For Cognitive Science

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

52. Emory University

For Cognitive Science

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

53. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Cognitive Science

#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

54. Purdue University

For Cognitive Science

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

55. University of Alberta

For Cognitive Science

#7 in Canada
#80 in the World
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

56. University of Virginia

For Cognitive Science

#89 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

57. McMaster University

For Cognitive Science

#8 in Canada
#91 in the World
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

58. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Cognitive Science

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

59. University of Oregon

For Cognitive Science

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

60. Brown University

For Cognitive Science

#107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

61. University of Ottawa

For Cognitive Science

#9 in Canada
#109 in the World
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

62. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Cognitive Science

#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

63. University of Utah

For Cognitive Science

#113 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

64. Stony Brook University

For Cognitive Science

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

65. York University

For Cognitive Science

#10 in Canada
#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

66. University of Colorado Boulder

For Cognitive Science

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

67. Dartmouth College

For Cognitive Science

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

68. Providence College

For Cognitive Science

#128 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

69. Case Western Reserve University

For Cognitive Science

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

70. University of Connecticut

For Cognitive Science

#131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

71. University of Calgary

For Cognitive Science

#11 in Canada
#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

72. University at Buffalo

For Cognitive Science

#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

73. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Cognitive Science

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

74. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Cognitive Science

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

75. Temple University

For Cognitive Science

#154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,575
Enrollment
33,196

76. Simon Fraser University

For Cognitive Science

#12 in Canada
#160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1965

77. Queen's University

For Cognitive Science

#13 in Canada
#161 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Enrollment
30,386
Founded
1841

78. University of Central Florida

For Cognitive Science

#166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

79. Tufts University

For Cognitive Science

#168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

80. University of Kansas

For Cognitive Science

#170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

81. Georgetown University

For Cognitive Science

#177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

82. University of South Florida

For Cognitive Science

#179 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

83. Concordia University

For Cognitive Science

#14 in Canada
#181 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Founded
1974

84. University of Georgia

For Cognitive Science

#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

85. University of Miami

For Cognitive Science

#188 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

86. University of Kentucky

For Cognitive Science

#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

87. University of Cincinnati

For Cognitive Science

#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

88. Dalhousie University

For Cognitive Science

#15 in Canada
#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
30,867
Founded
1818

89. University of Delaware

For Cognitive Science

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

90. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Cognitive Science

#202 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

91. Baylor College of Medicine

For Cognitive Science

#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,610
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

92. Iowa State University

For Cognitive Science

#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

93. George Mason University

For Cognitive Science

#206 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

94. University of California - Riverside

For Cognitive Science

#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$22,042
Enrollment
26,809

95. Brandeis University

For Cognitive Science

#218 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$45,565

96. University of Houston

For Cognitive Science

#220 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

97. Binghamton University

For Cognitive Science

#225 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
80%

98. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Cognitive Science

#239 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

99. University of Notre Dame

For Cognitive Science

#240 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

100. Rockefeller University

For Cognitive Science

#241 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
273
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1901