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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Learning Sciences

5 Ranked Colleges
710 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Learning Sciences is the 508th most popular major in the country with 907 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 710 learning sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in learning sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great learning sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the learning sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Learning Sciences

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Governors University landed the #1 spot on the list. WGU is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 571 bachelors’s learning sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

WGU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Learning Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Western Governors University is $9,805 for Bachelor’s Degree Learning Sciences students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full WGU Learning Sciences Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s learning sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Learning Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for bachelor’s degree learning sciences students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Learning Sciences at University of Arizona

#4

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the #4 spot on the list. Point Park is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Point Park, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Learning Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $21,470 for Bachelor’s Degree Learning Sciences students per year to attend Point Park University.

Read full report on Learning Sciences at Point Park

#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s learning sciences degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Learning Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $24,664 for bachelor’s degree learning sciences students per year to attend Northwestern.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Learning Sciences at Northwestern

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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