2023 Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Nebraska
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Elementary Education is the 17th most popular major in the country with 43,003 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Nebraska, there were 652 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in elementary education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality elementary education programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the elementary education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Nebraska
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #1 spot on the list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s elementary teaching degrees to 68 students in 2020-2021.
UNOMAHA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list.Our most recent data shows that 928 of the 15,892 students enrolled at UNOMAHA were GI Bill® students, of which 488 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,364. In addition to receiving other benefits, 75 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNOMAHA offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UNOMAHA]](/colleges/university-of-nebraska-at-omaha/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s. UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
UNK also took the #2 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 183 of the 6,225 students enrolled at UNK were GI Bill® students, of which 71 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,539. During this same period, 12 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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