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

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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 Plains States region, there were 74 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’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

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s cognitive science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #1 spot in our “Best Cognitive Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. 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.

Credits

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

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