Cognitive Science
2,801 students earn a cognitive science credential each year across 60 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $41,362
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $76,561
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Bachelor's programs — 59 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California722$39,8391 year out$85,159$17,4812University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California257$64,5591 year out$100,651$13,9503University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California237$53,9621 year out$78,267$13,0004University of California-DavisDavis, California190$42,3421 year out—$15,0005University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan138$44,6981 year out—$22,5006University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California123$35,3841 year out$76,561$19,5007Stanford UniversityStanford, California83$105,6951 year out—$8,0558University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania80$84,3141 year out$109,527$18,6609Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri64$30,9961 year out—$17,50010University of DelawareNewark, Delaware61—1 year out$69,292$26,00011Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts61—1 year out——12University of California-MercedMerced, California54$32,4191 year out$57,358$21,00013Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee51$38,7521 year out——14University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia49$41,3621 year out$61,591$15,75015Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio48$30,1981 year out—$25,41716University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California44$34,2951 year out—$19,66917Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut44—1 year out——18Rice UniversityHouston, Texas44$47,4591 year out$71,816$13,00019Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland42$42,6021 year out——20Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey40$38,1321 year out—$25,01821Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts33$75,6721 year out—$18,00022Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire33—1 year out——23The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas33—1 year out——24University of California-IrvineIrvine, California31—1 year out——25Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California24—1 year out——26Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York21—1 year out——27New York UniversityNew York, New York16—1 year out——28University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois14—1 year out——29Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania13—1 year out——30Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana12—1 year out——31Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania12—1 year out——32United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York11—1 year out——33Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin10—1 year out——34Pomona CollegeClaremont, California9—1 year out——35University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York9—1 year out——36Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota7—1 year out——37Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York7—1 year out——38State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York7—1 year out——39Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island7—1 year out——40Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——41Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——42University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota5—1 year out——43Barnard CollegeNew York, New York5—1 year out——44University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia4—1 year out——45Scripps CollegeClaremont, California3—1 year out——46Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota3—1 year out——47George Fox UniversityNewberg, Oregon3—1 year out——48Beloit CollegeBeloit, Wisconsin3—1 year out——49California State University-StanislausTurlock, California2—1 year out——50Chapman UniversityOrange, California2—1 year out——51Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California2—1 year out——52Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California2—1 year out——53University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois2—1 year out——54Hampshire CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts2—1 year out——55Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York2—1 year out——56Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——57California State University-FresnoFresno, California1—1 year out——58University of EvansvilleEvansville, Indiana1—1 year out——59University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia—$27,6281 year out$68,592$16,162
Certificate programs — 1 college
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).