2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 97,666 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,142 and had an average of $32,304 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 454 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,254 and $38,221 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 200 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration and social service. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration and social service programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration and social service program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $48-$75k) in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$16,374 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #1 spot on the list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 160 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNOMAHA are $16,374.

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#2

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$11,385 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellevue University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k. Bellevue University is located in Bellevue, Nebraska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 masters’s public administration and social service degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bellevue University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Concordia University, Nebraska

Seward, Nebraska

$8,650 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Nebraska. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Making $48-$75k list. Concordia University, Nebraska is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Seward, Nebraska. It awarded 1 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Nebraska also took the #0 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Nebraska are $8,650, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $48-$75k)

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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