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

1Stanford UniversityStanford, California83$105,6951 year out—$8,055 2University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania80$84,3141 year out$109,527$18,660 3Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts33$75,6721 year out—$18,000 4University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California257$64,5591 year out$100,651$13,950 5University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California237$53,9621 year out$78,267$13,000 6Rice UniversityHouston, Texas44$47,4591 year out$71,816$13,000 7University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan138$44,6981 year out—$22,500 8Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland42$42,6021 year out——9University of California-DavisDavis, California190$42,3421 year out—$15,000 10University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia49$41,3621 year out$61,591$15,750 11University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California722$39,8391 year out$85,159$17,481 12Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee51$38,7521 year out——13Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey40$38,1321 year out—$25,018 14University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California123$35,3841 year out$76,561$19,500 15University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California44$34,2951 year out—$19,669 16University of California-MercedMerced, California54$32,4191 year out$57,358$21,000 17Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri64$30,9961 year out—$17,500 18Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio48$30,1981 year out—$25,417 19University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia—$27,6281 year out$68,592$16,162 20University of DelawareNewark, Delaware61—1 year out$69,292$26,000 21Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts61—1 year out——22Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut44—1 year out——23Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire33—1 year out——24The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas33—1 year out——25University of California-IrvineIrvine, California31—1 year out——26Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California24—1 year out——27Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York21—1 year out——28New York UniversityNew York, New York16—1 year out——29University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois14—1 year out——30Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania13—1 year out——31Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana12—1 year out——32Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania12—1 year out——33United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York11—1 year out——34Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin10—1 year out——35Pomona CollegeClaremont, California9—1 year out——36University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York9—1 year out——37Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota7—1 year out——38Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York7—1 year out——39State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York7—1 year out——40Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island7—1 year out——41Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——42Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——43University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota5—1 year out——44Barnard CollegeNew York, New York5—1 year out——45University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia4—1 year out——46Scripps CollegeClaremont, California3—1 year out——47Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota3—1 year out——48George Fox UniversityNewberg, Oregon3—1 year out——49Beloit CollegeBeloit, Wisconsin3—1 year out——50California State University-StanislausTurlock, California2—1 year out——51Chapman UniversityOrange, California2—1 year out——52Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California2—1 year out——53Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California2—1 year out——54University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois2—1 year out——55Hampshire CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts2—1 year out——56Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York2—1 year out——57Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——58California State University-FresnoFresno, California1—1 year out——59University of EvansvilleEvansville, Indiana1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 1 college

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona4—1 year out——

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 (—).