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Most Popular Cognitive Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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2023 Most Popular Cognitive Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Cognitive Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Cognitive Science is the #174 most popular major in the country with 2,776 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Most Popular Cognitive Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Cognitive Science program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Cognitive Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for cognitive science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 88% of the cognitive science majors at the school.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular cognitive science schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in cognitive science at Northwestern, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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Best Cognitive Science Colleges by State

Explore the best cognitive science colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 149
Ohio 38
Illinois 7
Indiana 29
Wisconsin 25

One of 44 majors within the area of study, cognitive science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Cognitive Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Biological & Physical Science 30,075
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Allan Ajifo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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