Journalism is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #69 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Journalism Schools in Nebraska ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 145 degrees in journalism annually.
The journalism program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Journalism rankings. We derive our Best Overall Journalism School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Journalism Schools in Nebraska list, to help you choose the best school for you.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the journalism degree levels they offer.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in journalism. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were roughly 103 journalism students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, journalism degree recipients usually earn about $36,954 in their early careers.
It is hard to beat Creighton University if you want to pursue a degree in journalism. Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #128 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Creighton is a great university overall.
There were about 21 journalism students who graduated with this degree at Creighton in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the journalism degree program at Creighton University get $7,016 more than the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
University of Nebraska at Kearney is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in journalism. Located in the town of Kearney, UNK is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 11th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were approximately 19 journalism students who graduated with this degree at UNK in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, journalism degree recipients usually earn an average of $36,703 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The journalism program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Journalism rankings. We derive our Best Overall Journalism School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
