2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid

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General Journalism is the 58th most popular major in the country with 12,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Nebraska, there were 67 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general journalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general journalism program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Nebraska (With Aid)

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$14,040 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA also made our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha is $14,040 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students with aid.

Read more about General Journalism at University of Nebraska at Omaha

#2

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$31,400 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid list. Creighton University is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

Creighton also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Creighton University is $31,400 for nebraska bachelor’s degree journalism students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Journalism at Creighton University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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