2023 Best Value Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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The Best Value Teaching Bachelor's Degree 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 12 schools in Nebraska to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for teaching students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska
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Our 2023 rankings named Chadron State College the best value school in Nebraska for teaching students working on their bachelor’s degree. Chadron State College is a public institution located in Chadron, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 74 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Chadron State College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,206 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,709 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Chadron State College does offer online classes for certain majors. In fact, around 72% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Chadron State College is ranked #2 for overall quality in Nebraska.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wayne State College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Located in Wayne, Nebraska, the small public school awarded 162 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at WSC are $7,458 a year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $21,937 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Some students may be able to take online classes at WSC. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 31% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
WSC also took the #3 spot in our Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska rankings.
Out of the 12 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 293 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNL are $26,720 per year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $22,252 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
UNL does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 71% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UNL also took the #1 spot in our Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska rankings.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Nebraska at Omaha helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Nebraska. University of Nebraska at Omaha is a fairly large public school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 230 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UNOMAHA undergraduate students pay an average of $21,718 in tuition and fees each year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $22,853 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UNOMAHA does offer online classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 86% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
UNOMAHA also took the #5 spot in our Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list. UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 145 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UNK are $15,320 a year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $22,258 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Some students may be able to take online classes at UNK. In 2019-2020 about 61% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Peru State College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Located in Peru, Nebraska, the small public school handed out 56 bachelor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Peru State are $7,800 a year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $27,366 in student loans.
Peru State does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 65% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
College of Saint Mary did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 17 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Mary are $21,800 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Saint Mary does offer online classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 65% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Union College Nebraska came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 6 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Union College are $26,060 per year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $29,084 in student loans.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Union College. During the 2019-2020 year, about 1% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Hastings College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. Hastings is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hastings, Nebraska. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 59 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hastings are $33,590 per year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $22,689 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Hastings does offer online classes for certain degree levels. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 29% took at least some of their classes online.
Hastings also made our Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #4.
With a ranking of #10, Concordia University, Nebraska did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Seward, Nebraska, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 75 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Concordia University, Nebraska are $36,310 per year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $24,880 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Online courses are available at Concordia University, Nebraska, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 1% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Nebraska Wesleyan University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. NWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWU are $38,334 per year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $27,239 in student loans.
One thing to take note of is that NWU does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 33% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Doane University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. Doane Crete is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Crete, Nebraska. It awarded 31 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Doane Crete are $37,880 a year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $30,859 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Doane Crete does offer online classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 5% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
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Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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