2024 Best Cognitive Science Schools in the Plains States Region
2Colleges in the Plains States Region
70Cognitive Science Degrees Awarded
Cognitive Science isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #172 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Cognitive Science Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 70 degrees in cognitive science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Best Schools for Cognitive Science in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the cognitive science degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Cognitive Science
Any student pursuing a degree in cognitive science has to take a look at Washington University in St Louis. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 52 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in cognitive science needs to take a look at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis. This university ranks 1st out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 1 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Minnesota State University - Mankato if you want to pursue a degree in cognitive science. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public university located in the small city of Mankato. This university ranks 13th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 1 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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