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2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska

6 Schools Ranked
$22,063 Avg Student Debt

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Nebraska to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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Top Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Midland University

Fremont, Nebraska
$14,613 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Midland University the best school in Nebraska for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.

Midland U does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 26% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska
$7,751 Average Tuition & Fees
$23,815 Avg Student Debt

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in Nebraska.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $23,815 in student loans.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UNL. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 48% took at least some of their classes online.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

#3

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
$19,096 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list.

Creighton does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 50% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full Creighton University Report

#4

Concordia University, Nebraska

Seward, Nebraska

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Nebraska is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.

Since the graduate programs at Concordia University, Nebraska are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

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$7,542 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list.

UNK does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 97% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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$7,752 Average Tuition & Fees
$20,310 Avg Student Debt

University of Nebraska at Omaha came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska ranking.

Graduate Certificate recipients from UNOMAHA accumulate an average of $20,310 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

One thing to take note of is that UNOMAHA does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 59% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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