2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Nebraska to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for teaching students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska
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Our analysis found University of Nebraska - Lincoln to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Nebraska. UNL is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 graduate certificates to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year. Graduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $23,815 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UNL. In fact, around 48% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UNL also made our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #2.
Out of the 6 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Nebraska at Kearney is a medium-sized public school located in Kearney, Nebraska that handed out 11 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNK are $14,982 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UNK does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.
UNK not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list.
Out of the 6 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, the fairly large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNOMAHA are $16,374 a year. By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $20,310 in student loans.
UNOMAHA 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. In 2019-2020 about 59% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Concordia University, Nebraska helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Nebraska. Concordia University, Nebraska is located in Seward, Nebraska and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Concordia University, Nebraska graduate students pay an average of $8,650 in tuition and fees each year.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Concordia University, Nebraska. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Concordia University, Nebraska is ranked #4 for overall quality in Nebraska.
Out of the 6 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s value ranking, Midland University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fremont, Nebraska. It awarded 82 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Midland U are $14,613 a year.
Midland U 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, 26% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Midland U also made our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #1.
Creighton University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska ranking. Creighton University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 82 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Creighton graduate students pay an average of $19,096 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that Creighton does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 50% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Creighton did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 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%.
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