2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across California, there were 1,750 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in cognitive science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality cognitive science 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 cognitive science 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s in California” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s in California

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science in California

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s in California list. University of California - San Diego is a large public school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 3 masters’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Cognitive Science Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Cognitive Science at UCSD

#2

Stanford University

Stanford, California

#1 in overall quality

$55,011 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s in California list. 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 took the #1 spot in our “Best Cognitive Science Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford are $55,011.

Full Stanford University Cognitive Science Report

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science

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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