by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cognitive Science Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Cognitive Science is the 172nd most popular major in the country with 2,776 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, cognitive science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,216 and had an average of $16,566 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 170 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,242 and $16,800 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cognitive Science Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in cognitive science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their cognitive science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cognitive Science Major in the New England Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cognitive Science Major in the New England Region”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cognitive Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampshire College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cognitive Science Major in the New England Region list. Tufts University is located in Medford, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cognitive Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cognitive Science Major in the New England Region. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s cognitive science degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cognitive Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s cognitive science students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Dartmouth College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cognitive Science Major in the New England Region ranking. Dartmouth College is a medium-sized school located in Hanover, New Hampshire that handed out 12 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Brown University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cognitive Science Major in the New England Region ranking. Brown University is a fairly large school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 15 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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