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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$21,748 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,463 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration School for You

In 2020-2021, educational administration students earned 782 degrees and certificates from a Nebraska school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

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The Best Value Educational Administration Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 10 schools in Nebraska to see which ones offered the best value programs for education admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in Nebraska

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Administration Colleges.

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Schools

#1

Wayne State College

Wayne, NE
$7,428 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Wayne State College the best value school in Nebraska for educational administration students. Located in the distant town of Wayne, WSC is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSC are $7,428 per year.

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#2

Chadron State College

Chadron, NE
$7,178 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Chadron State College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in Nebraska. Located in the town of Chadron, Chadron State College is a public college with a small student population.

Chadron State College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,178 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Chadron State College also made our Best Educational Administration Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #4.

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$9,590 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great value for educational administration students. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNL are $9,590 a year.

UNL not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Educational Administration Schools in Nebraska list.

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$7,940 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska at Kearney is a great value for educational administration students. Located in the town of Kearney, UNK is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNK are $7,940 a year.

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#5

Doane University

Crete, NE
$37,880 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Doane University is a great value for educational administration students. Doane Crete is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Crete.

Doane Crete undergraduate students pay an average of $37,880 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$36,310 Average Tuition & Fees

Concordia University, Nebraska landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value educational administration programs. Located in the distant town of Seward, Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Concordia University, Nebraska are $36,310 a year.

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$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students. UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the city of Omaha.

UNOMAHA undergraduate students pay an average of $8,136 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Midland University

Fremont, NE
$36,746 Average Tuition & Fees

Midland University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value educational administration programs. Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Fremont.

Midland U undergraduate students pay an average of $36,746 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Midland U did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Educational Administration Schools in Nebraska list.

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#9

Creighton University

Omaha, NE
$44,524 Average Tuition & Fees

Creighton University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value educational administration programs. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

Creighton undergraduate students pay an average of $44,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Creighton is ranked #3 for overall quality for education admin in Nebraska.

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#10

College of Saint Mary

Omaha, NE
$21,800 Average Tuition & Fees

College of Saint Mary landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value educational administration programs. Located in the city of Omaha, Saint Mary is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Mary are $21,800 per year.

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Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,509
Kansas 646
Minnesota 1,314
Iowa 340
South Dakota 158
North Dakota 136

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Admin Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration 32,837
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 4,709
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 2,247
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision 1,727
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship 1,572
Superintendency & Educational System Administration 1,107
Urban Education & Leadership 736
Adult & Continuing Education Administration 462
Secondary School Administration/Principalship 452
Community College Education 354
Administration of Special Education 186
Early Childhood Program Administration 70
International School Administration/Leadership 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Shai-WMIL.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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