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2023 Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
69 Degrees Awarded
$36,400 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Cognitive Science for a Bachelor's

Veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Cognitive Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Cognitive Science is the 172nd most popular major in the country with 2,776 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, cognitive science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,216 and had an average of $16,566 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 70 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,770 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 69 cognitive science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Cognitive Science for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying cognitive science.

Top 1 Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Cognitive Science for a Bachelor’s. WUSTL is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, WUSTL supports 15,449 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 14 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,972. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Washington University in St Louis]](/colleges/washington-university-in-st-louis/student-life/veterans/)

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