2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 310,601 education students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,887 and had an average of $30,244 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 3,447 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,898 and $26,259 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 94 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,631 and $16,562 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent education 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 education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Education (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$6,726 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Norfolk, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 59 students in 2019-2020.

Northeast did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. It costs about $6,726 for Nebraska Associate Degree Education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northeast Community College.

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#2

College of Saint Mary

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$10,944 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Saint Mary landed the #2 spot on the list. College of Saint Mary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 1 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Mary, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Mary is $10,944 for Nebraska Associate Degree Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Education (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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