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I doubt there are many (any?) jobs out there as a full-time cosmologist, and to get to them you will have needed to do the following anyway. You need a degree in physics (with appropriate subjects) or astronomy - a good degree. Good enough to get you accepted into a PhD and awarded the APA scholarship you need, unless of course you are independently wealthy. Don't thing about working your way through, you may graduate but it is unlikely that your thesis will be good enough or completed quickly enough for you to take the next step. That step may be directly to an academic position but it is more likely you will need to look for a pos-doc first. If you want to be a cosmologist then you will have done your thesis on an appropriate topic under a suitable supervisor at a good institution. You then look to continue your research while doing undergrad teaching, postgrad supervision and administrative ho-ha.
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