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

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In 2019-2020, 2,723 people earned their degree in cognitive science, making the major the 179th most popular in the United States. 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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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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Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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

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

#1

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$16,221 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s cognitive science 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 per year to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Cognitive Science at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#2

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$26,869 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $26,869 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Cognitive Science students per year to attend Washington University in St Louis.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Cognitive Science at WUSTL

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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.

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