by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the #424 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
UNK also ranked #7 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Nebraska.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 71.1% of the total graduate students at UNK are women and 28.9% are men.
About 10.7% of the graduate students who attend UNK are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 2.0% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,216 | $13,656 |
| Fees | $1,326 | $1,326 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from UNK enter careers with an average starting salary of $50,639. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 13% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Contact details for UNK are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2504 9Th Avenue, Kearney, NE 68849-1212 |
| Phone: | 308-865-8441 |
| Website: | www.unk.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kearney-NE/University-of-Nebraska-at-Kearney/24920010058 |
In 2020-2021, 97.6% of the graduate students at University of Nebraska at Kearney took at least one class online. For that same period, 89.6% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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