2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Economics is the 18th most popular major in the country with 48,831 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,295 and had an average of $21,978 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 109 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,200 and $22,231 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality economics programs that also have a lower cost than 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 economics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska master’s degree economics students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics (Income $30-$48k) in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$16,374 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s economics degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska at Omaha are $16,374, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 1 masters’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also made our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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