2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in Nebraska

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 59 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,167 and $26,333 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,713 and $18,510 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general education. That schools that top this list have a program in general education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska associate degree education students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in Nebraska

1

Northeast Community College
Norfolk, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska list. Northeast is located in Norfolk, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s education degrees to qualified students.

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%.

Read more about General Education at Northeast Community College

2

Little Priest Tribal College
Winnebago, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Little Priest Tribal College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska list. This small school is located in Winnebago, Nebraska, and it awarded 0 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Little Priest Tribal College General Education Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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