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Bachelor's · Multi/interdisciplinary Studies

Cognitive Science (Bachelor's): earnings by school

26 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$52,547
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$79,016
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$15,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 19 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $68,463 and $109,784. The school matters a lot for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Carnegie Mellon University PA—$162,106—
Stanford University CA$105,925$131,650$8,420
Tufts University MA$92,588$130,801$18,250
University of California-Berkeley CA$62,757$120,193$13,000
University of Pennsylvania PA$100,507$109,784$15,480
University of California-Los Angeles CA$54,235$102,066$12,896
University of Southern California CA$67,607$93,440$13,000
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA$46,811$83,554$15,000
University of California-San Diego CA$46,650$81,160$13,799
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$57,761$79,016$19,500
Occidental College CA—$78,782—
State University of New York at Oswego NY—$76,118—
University of California-Santa Cruz CA$40,140$72,125$12,000
University of Georgia GA—$69,169$13,375
University of California-Davis CA$43,678$68,463$15,000
Washington University in St Louis MO$39,205$67,212$17,750
Rice University TX—$66,913—
University of Delaware DE$37,167$66,716$24,195
The University of Texas at Dallas TX$61,541——
Vassar College NY$60,408——
Yale University CT$57,389——
University of Massachusetts-Boston MA$52,547——
University of California-Merced CA$41,042$51,147$13,500
Marquette University WI$45,190——
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$44,592—$20,500
Simmons University MA$42,779—$25,125