Bachelor's degree · Interdisciplinary studies · CIP 30.25
Cognitive Science: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 61 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Cognitive Science, together awarding 2,955 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $52,547 one year after finishing and $80,293 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $15,179 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Cognitive Science programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 14 of 61; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Cognitive Science
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 743 | $46,650 | $85,575 | $14,456 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 283 | $54,235 | $126,066 | $13,000 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 245 | $62,757 | $151,004 | $13,200 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 188 | $43,678 | $72,383 | $15,000 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 155 | $57,761 | $75,011 | $21,000 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz · Public | CA | 143 | $40,140 | $61,448 | $12,500 |
| Stanford University Stanford · Private nonprofit | CA | 102 | $105,925 | $147,775 | $8,420 |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville · Private nonprofit | TN | 71 | n/a | n/a | $12,581 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 70 | $67,607 | $73,413 | $12,000 |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis · Private nonprofit | MO | 63 | $39,205 | n/a | $17,750 |
| University of Delaware Newark · Public | DE | 60 | $37,167 | $73,159 | $24,627 |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore · Private nonprofit | MD | 53 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge · Private nonprofit | MA | 49 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia · Private nonprofit | PA | 48 | $100,507 | $114,226 | $15,480 |
| Tufts University Medford · Private nonprofit | MA | 43 | $92,588 | $87,905 | $18,250 |
| University of California-Merced Merced · Public | CA | 43 | $41,042 | $61,348 | $15,000 |
| University of Georgia Athens · Public | GA | 41 | n/a | $64,829 | $16,250 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 40 | $44,592 | n/a | $20,695 |
| Yale University New Haven · Private nonprofit | CT | 40 | $57,389 | n/a | n/a |
| Case Western Reserve University Cleveland · Private nonprofit | OH | 38 | n/a | n/a | $23,105 |
| Rice University Houston · Private nonprofit | TX | 36 | n/a | $73,625 | n/a |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson · Public | TX | 35 | $61,541 | n/a | n/a |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 31 | n/a | n/a | $15,357 |
| Lehigh University Bethlehem · Private nonprofit | PA | 21 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| New York University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Brown University Providence · Private nonprofit | RI | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Vassar College Poughkeepsie · Private nonprofit | NY | 18 | $60,408 | n/a | n/a |
| Barnard College New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Marquette University Milwaukee · Private nonprofit | WI | 17 | $45,190 | n/a | n/a |
| United States Military Academy West Point · Public | NY | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Dartmouth College Hanover · Private nonprofit | NH | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Occidental College Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pomona College Claremont · Private nonprofit | CA | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth · Public | MN | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh · Private nonprofit | PA | 15 | n/a | $189,418 | n/a |
| University of Chicago Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Richmond University of Richmond · Private nonprofit | VA | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy · Private nonprofit | NY | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pitzer College Claremont · Private nonprofit | CA | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Carleton College Northfield · Private nonprofit | MN | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington · Public | IN | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato · Public | MN | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Scripps College Claremont · Private nonprofit | CA | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Swarthmore College Swarthmore · Private nonprofit | PA | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| California State University-Stanislaus Turlock · Public | CA | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster · Private nonprofit | PA | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beloit College Beloit · Private nonprofit | WI | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Quick facts: Cognitive Science
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science?
- The College Scorecard lists 61 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Cognitive Science.
- How much do Cognitive Science graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $52,547 one year after graduation (21 institutions reporting) and $80,293 five years after graduation (16 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Cognitive Science graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Carnegie Mellon University ($189,418), University of California-Berkeley ($151,004), Stanford University ($147,775), University of California-Los Angeles ($126,066), and University of Pennsylvania ($114,226).
- How much student debt do Cognitive Science graduates have?
- The median institution's Cognitive Science graduates leave with $15,179 in federal student loans (20 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Cognitive Science degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of California-San Diego (743), University of California-Los Angeles (283), University of California-Berkeley (245), University of California-Davis (188), and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (155).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Cognitive Science (CIP code 30.25), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.