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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
141 Degrees Awarded
$24,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Cognitive Science is the 179th most popular major in the country with 2,723 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, cognitive science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,188 and had an average of $19,253 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 145 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,325 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 141 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 5 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the cognitive science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science in the New England Region

#1

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Simmons University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Simmons University is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 16 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

Simmons not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $30,008 for new england region bachelor’s degree cognitive science students per year to attend Simmons University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Simmons University Cognitive Science Report

#2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees to qualified students.

MIT also made our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for MIT is $16,636 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Cognitive Science students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

Full MIT Cognitive Science Report

#3

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Yale University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 30 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $17,549 for new england region bachelor’s degree cognitive science students per year to attend Yale.

The low student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Cognitive Science at Yale University

#4

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. This fairly large school is located in Medford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts also took the #3 spot in our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $30,744 for new england region bachelor’s degree cognitive science students per year to attend Tufts.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Tufts Cognitive Science Report

#5

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Brown University is $29,392 for new england region bachelor’s degree cognitive science students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Cognitive Science at Brown University

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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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