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2022 Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
710 Degrees Awarded
$11,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Learning Sciences is the 508th most popular major in the country with 907 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 710 learning sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in learning sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality learning sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the learning sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Learning Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s learning sciences degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Learning Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $1,866 for Bachelor’s Degree Learning Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northwestern University.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Learning Sciences at Northwestern

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Learning Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,562 for Bachelor’s Degree Learning Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Arizona.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Arizona Learning Sciences Report

#3

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Governors University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s learning sciences degrees to 571 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree learning sciences students whose families make $0-$30k list, WGU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Learning Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WGU is $8,104 for Bachelor’s Degree Learning Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Western Governors University Learning Sciences Report

#4

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Point Park University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Point Park University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s learning sciences degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Point Park, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Learning Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Point Park is $17,733 for Bachelor’s Degree Learning Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Learning Sciences at Point Park University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Arizona Global Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Learning Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s learning sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree learning sciences students whose families make $0-$30k list, UAGC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Learning Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAGC is $20,283 for Bachelor’s Degree Learning Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Learning Sciences at UAGC

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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