2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physics is the 67th most popular major in the country with 14,123 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,475 and had an average of $22,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 60 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physics programs, but they also 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 physics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska bachelor’s degree physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$24,458 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s physics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Creighton, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. It costs about $24,458 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Physics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Creighton.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Physics at Creighton University

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