2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Nebraska (With Aid)
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Elementary Education is the 19th most popular major in the country with 40,622 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across Nebraska, there were 656 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 537 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in elementary education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great elementary education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the elementary education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid.
Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Nebraska (With Aid)
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school handed out 102 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.
UNOMAHA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. It costs about $14,040 for nebraska bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students with aid per year to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Full University of Nebraska at Omaha Elementary Education Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees to 111 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. It costs about $17,208 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students with aid per year to attend UNL.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Elementary Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid. Wayne State College is a small school located in Wayne, Nebraska that handed out 59 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.
WSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend Wayne State College is $13,765 for nebraska bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students with aid.
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Chadron State College landed the #4 spot on the list. Chadron, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.
Chadron State College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend Chadron State College is $14,268 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students with aid.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid list. UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 105 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
UNK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney is $16,017 for nebraska bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students with aid.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
College of Saint Mary did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. College of Saint Mary is a small school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 3 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.
Saint Mary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend College of Saint Mary is $14,325 for nebraska bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students with aid.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
Peru State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Peru State is a small public school situated in Peru, Nebraska. It awarded 22 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.
Peru State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend Peru State is $14,058 for nebraska bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students with aid.
Hastings College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid ranking. Hastings College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hastings, Nebraska. It awarded 23 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.
Hastings also took the #9 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Hastings is $21,670 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students with aid.
Concordia University, Nebraska came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid ranking. Seward, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
Concordia University, Nebraska also made our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $20,763 for nebraska bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students with aid per year to attend Concordia University, Nebraska.
Full Concordia University, Nebraska Elementary Education Report
Nebraska Wesleyan University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.
NWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend Nebraska Wesleyan University is $23,847 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students with aid.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Union College Nebraska landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid ranking. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.
Union College also took the #11 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Union College is $22,497 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students with aid.
The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Creighton University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid ranking. Creighton is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
Creighton also made our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $31,400 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students with aid per year to attend Creighton University.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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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