2024 Best General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #75 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Nebraska to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of general education. Combined, these schools handed out 49 bachelor's degrees in general education to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general education students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt general education students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general education students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Education Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Education in Nebraska

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general education students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Nebraska Schools for a Bachelor's in Education

1

Midland University
Fremont, NE

44 Annual Graduates

$38,049 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general education has to check out Midland University. Located in the town of Fremont, Midland U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the education program earn an average of $38,049 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in general education from Midland University

2

Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE

3 Annual Graduates

$66,284 Median Starting Salary

$26,556 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general education needs to look into Bellevue University. Located in the large suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the general education program at Bellevue University earn $14,118 more than the standard graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in general education from Bellevue University

 

Best General Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best General Education Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	183
Minnesota	215	68
Iowa	197	15
Kansas	184	19
North Dakota	149	0
South Dakota	148	1

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General Education Related Rankings by Major

General Education is one of 14 different types of Education programs to choose from.

Education Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Education	49

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	681
Teacher Education Subject Specific	294
Special Education	207
Teaching English or French	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO. More about our data sources and methodologies.