2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southwest region, there were 144 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,000 and $21,749 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

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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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 Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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

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

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s cognitive science degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Cognitive Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048.

Full ASU - Tempe Cognitive Science Report

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

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