| Cognitive psychology is a discipline within the field of psychology that focuses on the understanding and studying of mental processes including individuals' thought, perception, memory and ability to learn. As a subset of the larger field of cognitive science, cognitive psychology is closely related to neuroscience, behavioral science, philosophy and linguistics. The central focus of cognitive psychology revolves around how individuals acquire, process and store information. Cognitive psychology and research has several practical applications including improving people's memory, structuring educational curricula to enhances individuals' ability to learn and increasing decision-making accuracy. Cognitive psychology is at the forefront of all psychology research and development. New breakthroughs in cognitive psychology are occuring at a surprising rate and job opportunities for qualified cognitive psychologists are on the rise. Below you'll find accredited cognitive psychology schools and colleges offering online and campus-based associate, bachelor, master and PhD degree programs in cognitive psychology and related disciplines. Featured Cognitive Psychology Programs
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| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | |||||||||||
| Arizona State University Tempe, AZ | |||||||||||
| University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | |||||||||||
| Arkansas State University State University, AR | |||||||||||
| California Baptist University Riverside, CA | |||||||||||
| California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA | |||||||||||
| Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA | |||||||||||
| Dominican University of California San Rafael, CA | |||||||||||
| Notre Dame de Namur University Belmont, CA | |||||||||||
| Occidental College Los Angeles, CA | |||||||||||
| San Diego State University San Diego, CA | |||||||||||
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | |||||||||||
| University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | |||||||||||
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | |||||||||||
| University of California-Davis Davis, CA | |||||||||||
| University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA | |||||||||||
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | |||||||||||
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA | |||||||||||
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | |||||||||||
| Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO | |||||||||||
| University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO | |||||||||||
| University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO | |||||||||||
| University of Denver Denver, CO | |||||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, CT | |||||||||||
| Fairfield University Fairfield, CT | |||||||||||
| Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | |||||||||||
| Yale University New Haven, CT | |||||||||||
| University of Delaware Newark, DE | |||||||||||
| American University Washington, DC | |||||||||||
| George Washington University Washington, DC | |||||||||||
| The Catholic University of America Washington, DC | |||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL | |||||||||||
| Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | |||||||||||
| The University of West Florida Pensacola, FL | |||||||||||
| University of Florida Gainesville, FL | |||||||||||
| University of South Florida Tampa, FL | |||||||||||
| Emory University Atlanta, GA | |||||||||||
| Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville, GA | |||||||||||
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | |||||||||||
| Georgia State University Atlanta, GA | |||||||||||
| Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA | |||||||||||
| University of Georgia Athens, GA | |||||||||||
| University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI | |||||||||||
| Adler School of Professional Psychology Chicago, IL | |||||||||||
| Aurora University Aurora, IL | |||||||||||
| Dominican University River Forest, IL | |||||||||||
| Illinois State University Normal, IL | |||||||||||
| Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL | |||||||||||
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | |||||||||||
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL | |||||||||||
| Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL | |||||||||||
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL | |||||||||||
| University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL | |||||||||||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | |||||||||||
| Ball State University Muncie, IN | |||||||||||
| Hanover College Hanover, IN | |||||||||||
| Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN | |||||||||||
| Manchester College North Manchester, IN | |||||||||||
| Purdue University West Lafayette, IN | |||||||||||
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | |||||||||||
| Grand View University Des Moines, IA | |||||||||||
| Grinnell College Grinnell, IA | |||||||||||
| Iowa State University Ames, IA | |||||||||||
| Kansas State University Manhattan, KS | |||||||||||
| University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | |||||||||||
| Morehead State University Morehead, KY | |||||||||||
| University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | |||||||||||
| Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA | |||||||||||
| Tulane University New Orleans, LA | |||||||||||
| University of Maine Orono, ME | |||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | |||||||||||
| Morgan State University Baltimore, MD | |||||||||||
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | |||||||||||
| Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||||||
| Boston University Boston, MA | |||||||||||
| Brandeis University Waltham, MA | |||||||||||
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | |||||||||||
| Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | |||||||||||
| Northeastern University Boston, MA | |||||||||||
| Smith College Northampton, MA | |||||||||||
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | |||||||||||
| Williams College Williamstown, MA | |||||||||||
| Alma College Alma, MI | |||||||||||
| Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | |||||||||||
| Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI | |||||||||||
| University of Michigan – Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||||||
| University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MI | |||||||||||
| Wayne State University Detroit, MI | |||||||||||
| Carleton College Northfield, MN | |||||||||||
| Macalester College Saint Paul, MN | |||||||||||
| Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN | |||||||||||
| St. Olaf College Northfield, MN | |||||||||||
| University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN | |||||||||||
| Millsaps College Jackson, MS | |||||||||||
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS | |||||||||||
| Columbia College Columbia, MO | |||||||||||
| Drury University Springfield, MO | |||||||||||
| University of Missouri Columbia, MO | |||||||||||
| Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO | |||||||||||
| Montana State University Bozeman, MT | |||||||||||
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE | |||||||||||
| University of Nebraska-Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||||
| College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV | |||||||||||
| Nevada State College Henderson, NV | |||||||||||
| Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | |||||||||||
| University of New Hampshire Durham, NH | |||||||||||
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ | |||||||||||
| Rutgers The State University of New Jersey-Newark Newark, NJ | |||||||||||
| Saint Peter's College Jersey City, NJ | |||||||||||
| The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ | |||||||||||
| New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM | |||||||||||
| Clarkson University Potsdam, NY | |||||||||||
| Columbia University New York, NY | |||||||||||
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | |||||||||||
| CUNY-Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY | |||||||||||
| CUNY-City College of New York New York, NY | |||||||||||
| CUNY-Hunter College New York, NY | |||||||||||
| Houghton College Houghton, NY | |||||||||||
| Manhattanville College Purchase, NY | |||||||||||
| Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY | |||||||||||
| New York University New York, NY | |||||||||||
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY | |||||||||||
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY | |||||||||||
| SUNY-Binghamton Binghamton, NY | |||||||||||
| SUNY-Buffalo State College Buffalo, NY | |||||||||||
| Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | |||||||||||
| The New School New York, NY | |||||||||||
| University at Buffalo – SUNY Buffalo, NY | |||||||||||
| Duke University Durham, NC | |||||||||||
| Mount Olive College Mount Olive, NC | |||||||||||
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||||||
| The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC | |||||||||||
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC | |||||||||||
| Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||||
| Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH | |||||||||||
| Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | |||||||||||
| Kent State University Kent, OH | |||||||||||
| Oberlin College Oberlin, OH | |||||||||||
| Ohio State University Columbus, OH | |||||||||||
| Ohio State University-Lima Campus Lima, OH | |||||||||||
| Ohio State University-Marion Campus Marion, OH | |||||||||||
| The University of Toledo Toledo, OH | |||||||||||
| University of Cincinnati-Clermont College Batavia, OH | |||||||||||
| University of Mount Union Alliance, OH | |||||||||||
| Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, OK | |||||||||||
| University of Oklahoma Norman, OK | |||||||||||
| University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK | |||||||||||
| University of Oregon Eugene, OR | |||||||||||
| Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA | |||||||||||
| Cabrini College Radnor, PA | |||||||||||
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||||
| Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | |||||||||||
| Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA | |||||||||||
| Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA | |||||||||||
| Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | |||||||||||
| Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Mansfield, PA | |||||||||||
| Moravian College & Theological Seminary Bethlehem, PA | |||||||||||
| Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia, PA | |||||||||||
| St. Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA | |||||||||||
| Temple University Philadelphia, PA | |||||||||||
| University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||||
| University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford, PA | |||||||||||
| Brown University Providence, RI | |||||||||||
| Roger Williams University Bristol, RI | |||||||||||
| University of South Carolina-Beaufort Bluffton, SC | |||||||||||
| East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN | |||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN | |||||||||||
| University of Memphis Memphis, TN | |||||||||||
| Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | |||||||||||
| Austin College Sherman, TX | |||||||||||
| Texas A & M University College Station, TX | |||||||||||
| Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX | |||||||||||
| Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | |||||||||||
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | |||||||||||
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX | |||||||||||
| Trinity University San Antonio, TX | |||||||||||
| University of Houston Houston, TX | |||||||||||
| University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston, TX | |||||||||||
| University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||||
| Marlboro College Brattleboro, VT | |||||||||||
| Middlebury College Middlebury, VT | |||||||||||
| Saint Michael's College Colchester, VT | |||||||||||
| Averett University Danville, VA | |||||||||||
| George Mason University Fairfax, VA | |||||||||||
| Hollins University Roanoke, VA | |||||||||||
| Lynchburg College Lynchburg, VA | |||||||||||
| Randolph-Macon College Ashland, VA | |||||||||||
| University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | |||||||||||
| University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA | |||||||||||
| University of Washington Seattle, WA | |||||||||||
| Washington State University Pullman, WA | |||||||||||
| Western Washington University Bellingham, WA | |||||||||||
| Carthage College Kenosha, WI | |||||||||||
| Marquette University Milwaukee, WI | |||||||||||
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | |||||||||||
| University of Wyoming Laramie, WY | |||||||||||
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