2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Nebraska

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Information Science is the 56th most popular major in the country with 18,368 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,848 and had an average of $32,600 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 202 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,750 and $25,541 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 103 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information 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 information science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska master’s degree is students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$16,374 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$103,078 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska list. UNOMAHA is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 masters’s IS degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNOMAHA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNOMAHA are $16,374, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Information Science at UNOMAHA

#2

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$11,385 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$80,292 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bellevue, Nebraska, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 58 degrees to qualified masters’s IS students in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University also made our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385.

Read full report on Information Science at Bellevue University

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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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