2024 Best Value Learning Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania

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In 2020-2021, 1,541 people earned their degree in learning sciences, making the major the 337th most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 10 learning sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Learning Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in learning sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality learning sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the learning sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Learning Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Learning Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Learning Sciences in Pennsylvania

1

Wilson College
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$21,852 Average Net Price

$39,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Learning Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilson College landed the #1 spot on the list. Wilson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Wilson also took the #1 spot in our “Best Learning Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wilson is $21,852 for Pennsylvania Learning Sciences students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Learning Sciences at Wilson College

2

Point Park University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$21,600 Average Net Price

$38,749 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Learning Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the #2 spot on the list. Point Park University is a small school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 ’s learning sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Point Park not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Learning Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $21,600 for Pennsylvania Learning Sciences students per year to attend Point Park University.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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.

Credits

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