Is your son interested in a liberal arts college or a smaller university? If so, there are plenty of choices to consider. Some of them include:
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Cornell College (IA): About 1k undergrads and they do a block program, where students only do one class at a time. This does allow for some additional research possibilities for students.
https://www.cornellcollege.edu/psychology/index.shtml
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Furman (SC): About 2300 undergrads.
Major in Health Sciences | Furman University
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John Carroll (OH): About 2600 undergrads. There’s a concentration in neuroscience that’s coordinated by the psych department but available for bio, chem, or psych majors. Research is available with the Cleveland Clinic and other area facilities.
Interdisciplinary Neuroscience | Cleveland, Ohio | John Carroll University
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Ohio Wesleyan: About 1300 undergrads.
Health and Human Kinetics Majors | Ohio Wesleyan University
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Rhodes (TN): About 2k undergrads and lots of research opportunities are available for neuroscience & health fields, in particular. They are very generous with merit aid here.
Neuroscience | Rhodes College
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Occidental (CA): About 2k undergrads. Not as generous with merit aid, but there are sufficiently large scholarships to make the school meet budget, if your son were to receive them.
Cognitive Science
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St. Olaf (MN): About 3k undergrads. I’ve heard so many wonderful things about this school. Although it doesn’t have designated cog sci/neuroscience majors, it does offer a structured program for students to customize and create their own major. But from all reports, it’s a very collegial but intellectually curious and rigorous place that I would have loved to attend, had I known about it when I was picking out a college. Students can also take classes at nearby (1 mile) Carleton College.
Center for Integrative Studies – St. Olaf College
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U. of Tulsa (OK): About 2700 undergrads. According to the university’s president who sometimes posts on CC, 25% of this year’s incoming class will be National Merit Finalists, as they aggressively recruit them with full rides. Though I don’t see a designated neuro/cog sci type major, I suspect they have all the classes possible to make a degree possible. Also, they have this major related to your son’s interests:
Exercise & Sports Science - The University of Tulsa