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2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
28 Degrees Awarded
$12,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor's in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 31,017 people earned their degree in early childhood education, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States.

Across Nebraska, there were 83 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in early childhood education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great early childhood education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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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 Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

#1

College of Saint Mary

Omaha, Nebraska
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Saint Mary landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

Saint Mary also made our “Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Saint Mary is $10,944 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Child development students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at College of Saint Mary

#2

Wayne State College

Wayne, Nebraska
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k list. Wayne, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

WSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend WSC is $10,333 for nebraska bachelor’s degree child development students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full WSC Early Childhood Education Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Nebraska landed the #3 spot on the list. Concordia University, Nebraska is located in Seward, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s child development degrees to qualified students.

Concordia University, Nebraska also took the #1 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Concordia University, Nebraska is $15,973 for nebraska bachelor’s degree child development students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at Concordia University, Nebraska

#4

Peru State College

Peru, Nebraska
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Peru State College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Peru, Nebraska, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Peru State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Peru State College is $12,005 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Child development students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Peru State College Early Childhood Education Report

#5

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellevue University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Bellevue, Nebraska, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bellevue University is $14,933 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Child development students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Bellevue University Early Childhood Education Report

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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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