2025 Best Cognitive Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region
3Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
221Cognitive Science Degrees Awarded
$47,753Avg Early-Career Salary
Cognitive Science is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #172 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of cognitive science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 221 degrees in cognitive science annually.
The cognitive science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Cognitive Science rankings. We derive our Best Overall Cognitive Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Cognitive Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Cognitive Science in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the cognitive science degree levels they offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Cognitive Science
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in cognitive science. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were approximately 120 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, cognitive science degree recipients typically make around $44,698 in their early careers.
Case Western Reserve University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in cognitive science. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 44 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the cognitive science program report average early career earnings of $30,198.
Every student who is interested in cognitive science has to check out University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign. This university ranks 3rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 8 cognitive science students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The cognitive science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Cognitive Science rankings. We derive our Best Overall Cognitive Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
