Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics

STEM • Psychology

What is it about?

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the mechanisms and processes of learning and thinking, and associated information encoding, decoding, processing and transmitting systems. Includes instruction in theories of cognition and intelligence; studies of cognitive processes such as memory, sensation, perception, pattern recognition, problem solving, and conceptual thinking; cybernetics; psycholinguistics; and the study of biological and social communications mechanisms and processes.

Numbers at a glance

545th
Popular nationwide
140
Search Rank on O's List
12
Colleges offer it
144
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
48
Women
96

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
University of Connecticut26
University of California-San Diego16
Fitchburg State University4
Average public university graduating class: 15 students.

O's Insights on Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics

  • Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 5 years after being stable prior to that.
  • 32% of graduates come from public universities.

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