2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Cognitive Science is the 260th most popular major in the country with 2,720 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 74 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in cognitive science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great cognitive science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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The cognitive science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree cognitive science students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$16,221 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #1 spot on the list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s cognitive science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #2 spot in our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,221 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Cognitive Science students with aid per year to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Cognitive Science at Minnesota State Mankato

#2

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$26,869 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 53 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also made our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $26,869 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Cognitive Science students with aid per year to attend WUSTL.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Full WUSTL Cognitive Science Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science (With Aid)

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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