Economics is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #19 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Economics Schools in Nebraska ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 111 degrees in economics annually.
Your choice of economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for economics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Economics Schools in Nebraska.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the economics degree levels they offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in economics needs to look into University of Nebraska - Lincoln. UNL is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lincoln. This university ranks 2nd out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were approximately 28 economics students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent data year.
Creighton University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in economics. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Omaha. A Best Colleges rank of #128 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Creighton is a great university overall.
There were roughly 47 economics students who graduated with this degree at Creighton in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the economics program report average early career income of $54,827.
University of Nebraska at Omaha is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in economics. Located in the large city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were approximately 25 economics students who graduated with this degree at UNOMAHA in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for economics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
