by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Sociology is the 25th most popular major in the country with 35,816 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $31,418 and had an average of $22,369 in loans still to pay off.
Across Nebraska, there were 129 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,520 and $21,432 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,107 and $22,422 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. That schools that top this list have a program in sociology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The sociology 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska”.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hastings College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska. Hastings College is a small school located in Hastings, Nebraska that handed out 6 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Doane University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska. Doane University is located in Crete, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midland University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska. Located in Fremont, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sociology students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska list. Wayne State College is a small school located in Wayne, Nebraska that handed out 4 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska. UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Nebraska at Omaha came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska ranking. University of Nebraska at Omaha is a public institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Sociology at University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska ranking. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Creighton University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sociology degrees to 11 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #9, Bellevue University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nebraska list. Bellevue, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sociology degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
