by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Nebraska” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Elementary Education is the 17th most popular major in the country with 42,862 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Nebraska, there were 583 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,388 and $35,873 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Nebraska” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in elementary education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their elementary education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska master’s degree elementary teaching students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Nebraska list. University of Nebraska at Omaha is a fairly large public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 64 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Nebraska at Kearney is a public institution located in Kearney, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska at Kearney Elementary Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Nebraska. Creighton University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 10 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Hastings College landed the #4 spot on the list. Hastings, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s elementary teaching degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chadron State College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Nebraska list. Located in Chadron, Nebraska, this small public school handed out 33 diplomas to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
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