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2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$27,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Cognitive Science is the 179th most popular major in the country with 2,723 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southwest region, there were 144 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,000 and $21,749 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cognitive science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the cognitive science 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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The cognitive science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree cognitive science students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Cognitive Science in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cognitive Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s cognitive science degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Cognitive Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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.

Credits

  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Allan Ajifo.

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