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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great cognitive science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the cognitive science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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

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

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s cognitive science students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Cognitive Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States 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 UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.

Read more about Cognitive Science at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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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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