2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Journalism is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 14,528 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,042 and had an average of $24,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 179 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,233 and $23,495 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great journalism programs and 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 journalism program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

UNL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $30-$48k)

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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