2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Health Studies Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences is the 43rd most popular major in the country with 26,642 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Nebraska, there were 42 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 23 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,631 and $16,562 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Studies Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general health services/allied health/health sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general health services/allied health/health sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general health services/allied health/health sciences 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 Health Studies Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska associate degree health studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

#1

Metropolitan Community College

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$2,894 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health Studies Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College 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 associates’s health studies degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

MCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MCC is $2,894 for Nebraska Associate Degree Health Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Union College Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$20,383 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union College Nebraska. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s health studies degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Union College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. It costs about $20,383 for Nebraska Associate Degree Health Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Union College Nebraska.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (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.

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