2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 4 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cognitive science programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also made our “Best Cognitive Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980.

Read full report on Cognitive Science at University of Colorado Boulder

• Best Value Doctor’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.

Credits

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

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