2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Nebraska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Social Sciences is the 51st most popular major in the country with 19,742 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,665 and had an average of $22,423 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 199 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,200 and $44,937 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 108 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences programs and 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 general social sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Nebraska

#1

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$13,777 Average Net Price

$33,789 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bellevue, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 104 students in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bellevue University is $13,777 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Doane University

Crete, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$23,349 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Doane University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Crete, Nebraska, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our nebraska bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k list, Doane Crete has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Doane Crete is $23,349 for nebraska bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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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