2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Nebraska
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With all of the options students 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Nebraska” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 11,071 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.
Across Nebraska, there were 161 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,835 and $12,990 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Nebraska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in secondary education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their secondary education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Nebraska
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Nebraska”.
Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in Nebraska
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Nebraska Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Nebraska list. WNCC is located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 associates’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Read more about Secondary Education at WNCC
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeast Community College is located in Norfolk, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 associates’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Northeast Community College Secondary 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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