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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska

11 Ranked Colleges
1,644 Degrees Awarded
$14,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Education Schools for a Master's in Nebraska

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,644 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska.

Top 11 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Education in Nebraska

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Nebraska. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska list. Seward, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education degrees to 140 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our nebraska master’s degree education students list, Concordia University, Nebraska has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Education 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 Concordia University, Nebraska are $8,650.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 167 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Hastings College

Hastings, Nebraska
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hastings College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska. Hastings College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hastings, Nebraska. It awarded 15 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Hastings also took the #3 spot in our “Best Education 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 Hastings College are $12,020.

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#4

Wayne State College

Wayne, Nebraska
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska list. Located in Wayne, Nebraska, this small public school handed out 151 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our nebraska master’s degree education students list, WSC has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State College are $9,597, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the #5 spot on the list. UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 298 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

UNK also made our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska at Kearney are $14,792.

Full University of Nebraska at Kearney Education Report

#6

Chadron State College

Chadron, Nebraska
#10 in overall quality

Chadron State College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska ranking. Chadron State College is a public institution located in Chadron, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 91 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Chadron State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chadron State College are $9,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6 in overall quality

University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska ranking. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school awarded 222 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA also made our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNOMAHA are $16,374, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Creighton University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education degrees to 113 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our nebraska master’s degree education students list, Creighton has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Creighton are $18,528, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#9

Peru State College

Peru, Nebraska
#11 in overall quality

Peru State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska ranking, coming in at #9. Peru, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 89 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Peru State, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Peru State College are $9,120, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#10

College of Saint Mary

Omaha, Nebraska
#7 in overall quality

College of Saint Mary did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska ranking, coming in at #10. Saint Mary is a small school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 32 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Mary also took the #7 spot in our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at College of Saint Mary are $17,124, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#11

Midland University

Fremont, Nebraska
#9 in overall quality

Midland University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska ranking, coming in at #11. This small school is located in Fremont, Nebraska, and it awarded 32 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Midland U also took the #9 spot in our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Midland University are $15,874, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Midland U Education Report

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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