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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

3 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$5,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Design Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Design & Applied Arts is the 34th most popular major in the country with 36,854 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, design and applied arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,542 and had an average of $27,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 254 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,125 and $15,582 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 97 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,631 and $16,562 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in design and applied arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great design and applied arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the design and applied arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The design 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 Design Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 54 associates’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MCC is $2,894 for Nebraska Associate Degree Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Community College Area. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s design students in 2019-2020.

Southeast Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southeast Community College is $6,946 for Nebraska Associate Degree Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k. Norfolk, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s design degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Northeast not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast is $6,726 for Nebraska Associate Degree Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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