by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nebraska” ranking.
Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 99,265 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,712 and had an average of $26,539 in loans still to pay off.
Across Nebraska, there were 479 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,508 and $34,817 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 61 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,713 and $18,510 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nebraska” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in accounting.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nebraska”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Nebraska Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. WNCC is a public institution located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nebraska. Located in Norfolk, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified associates’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 36 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union College Nebraska. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nebraska list. This small school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 1 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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