2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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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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 “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Nebraska (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 3 masters’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA also made our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska at Omaha are $16,374, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Economics at University of Nebraska at Omaha

#2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s economics students in 2019-2020.

UNL also took the #0 spot in our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Economics Report

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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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