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2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

4 Ranked Colleges
175 Degrees Awarded
$18,938 Avg Student Debt
Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,723 people earned their degree in cognitive science, making the major the 179th most popular in the United States. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 188 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $18,938 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 175 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in cognitive science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great cognitive science programs and 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 Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree cognitive science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 75 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend U-M is $10,028 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Cognitive Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, 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 96%.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Cognitive Science Report

#2

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s cognitive science degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Bloomington, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Indiana University - Bloomington is $12,060 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Cognitive Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full IU Bloomington Cognitive Science Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 52 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western also took the #2 spot in our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Case Western Reserve University is $22,236 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree cognitive science students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Cognitive Science at Case Western

#4

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Marquette University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 6 bachelors’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

Marquette not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Marquette is $25,492 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Cognitive Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Marquette University Cognitive Science 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).
  • 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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