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2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s

8 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$46,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s” ranking.

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 105 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in cognitive science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cognitive science programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree cognitive science students.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s list. The University of Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 69 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Cognitive Science Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Cognitive Science at The University of Texas at Dallas

#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 3 masters’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Cognitive Science Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.

Read more about Cognitive Science at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #3 spot on the list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s cognitive science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Cognitive Science Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Cognitive Science at UCSD

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s cognitive science degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Case Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Cognitive Science Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958.

Read more about Cognitive Science at Case Western

#5

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s list. Johns Hopkins is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 9 masters’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johns Hopkins, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Cognitive Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins

#6

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

Stanford University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s ranking. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Stanford, California. It awarded 10 masters’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

Stanford also made our “Best Cognitive Science Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford University are $55,011, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Cognitive Science at Stanford

#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s list. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Troy, New York. It awarded 6 masters’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

RPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Cognitive Science Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are $58,325, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full RPI Cognitive Science Report

#8

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

Brown University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s cognitive science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree cognitive science students list, Brown has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Cognitive Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363.

Read more about Cognitive Science at Brown

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

  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Allan Ajifo.

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