2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $48-$75k) in Nebraska

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Gerontology is the 247th most popular major in the country with 1,226 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, gerontology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,786 and had an average of $32,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 47 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $31,395 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in gerontology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent gerontology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the gerontology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska bachelor’s degree gerontology students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $48-$75k) in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$13,833 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #1 spot on the list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 10 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA also made our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $13,833 for nebraska bachelor’s degree gerontology students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UNOMAHA.

Read full report on Gerontology at UNOMAHA

#2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$16,197 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Gerontology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 12 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $16,197 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Gerontology students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Gerontology Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gerontology (Income $48-$75k)

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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