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2023 Best Value General Education Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$14,152 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,167 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education School for You

General Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Nebraska. With 59 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value General Education Schools in Nebraska to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Nebraska to see which programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Education Schools in Nebraska

Check out the education programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality in General Education

$3,750 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Northeast Community College the best value school in Nebraska for general education students. Northeast is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Norfolk.

Northeast undergraduate students pay an average of $3,750 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, Northeast is ranked #1 for overall quality for education in Nebraska.

Read full report on General Education at Northeast Community College

#2

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE
$8,310 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bellevue University are $8,310 per year. The average amount in student loans that education majors at Bellevue University take out is $25,000.

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#3

Peru State College

Peru, NE
$7,800 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Peru State College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Peru State is a small public school located in the rural area of Peru.

Peru State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,800 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Education at Peru State College Report

#4

Midland University

Fremont, NE
$36,746 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Midland University is a great value for general education students. Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Fremont.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Midland U are $36,746 per year. While working on their degree, education majors at Midland U accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

Midland U also took the #5 spot in our Best General Education Schools in Nebraska rankings.

Read full report on General Education at Midland University

Best Value General Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 493
Kansas 373
Minnesota 2,028
Iowa 226
South Dakota 88
North Dakota 24

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

Education Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Education 29,810

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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