Cognitive Psychology

Ranked in 2013, part of Psychology

Cognitive psychologists study the information storing process, tracking how people think, perceive, remember, and learn. They also study decision making and problem solving techniques. These are the top schools for cognitive psychology.

Rank School name
#1 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

#2 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

#3 University of California–​San Diego

La Jolla, CA

#3 University of Illinois–​Urbana-​Champaign

Champaign, IL

#5 Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

#5 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

#5 Yale University

New Haven, CT

#8 Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

#9 University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

#10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

#11 Indiana University–​Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

#12 University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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