2024 Best Cognitive Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region
2Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
221Cognitive Science Degrees Awarded
$37,741Avg Early-Career Salary
Cognitive Science is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #172 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for cognitive science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 221 degrees in cognitive science during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Cognitive Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Cognitive Science in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the cognitive science degree levels they offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Cognitive Science
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great choice for students interested in a degree in cognitive science. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Soon after graduation, cognitive science degree recipients typically earn an average of $37,741 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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