2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Information Technology is the 46th most popular major in the country with 38,958 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,044 and had an average of $25,781 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 308 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,200 and $30,153 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 101 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$16,374 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #1 spot on the list. UNOMAHA is a public institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska at Omaha are $16,374, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Technology at University of Nebraska at Omaha

#2

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$11,385 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$77,715 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bellevue, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 85 students in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Information Technology at Bellevue University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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