2022 Best Value Computer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Computer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 53,722 people earned their degree in computer science, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States.

Across Nebraska, there were 141 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 111 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the computer science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Computer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska bachelor’s degree computer science students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$14,040 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Computer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 81 bachelors’s computer science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha is $14,040 for nebraska bachelor’s degree computer science students.

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#2

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$31,400 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s computer science students in 2019-2020.

Creighton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend Creighton is $31,400 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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