2023 Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$32,500
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cognitive Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Cognitive Science is the 238th most popular major in the country with 2,768 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 101 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 93 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cognitive Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in cognitive science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cognitive science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the cognitive science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cognitive Science for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cognitive Science for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cognitive Science for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cognitive Science for a Bachelor’s. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s cognitive science degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.
UGA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 39,147 students enrolled at University of Georgia, 9 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,402. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Full University of Georgia Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cognitive Science for a Bachelor’s list. Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 13 of the 13,537 students enrolled at Vanderbilt University were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,769. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Vanderbilt University Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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