2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 61 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 22 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513.

Read full report on General Engineering at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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