by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Education is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 327,871 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.
Across Nebraska, there were 4,171 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,689 and $28,908 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 90 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,713 and $18,510 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Little Priest Tribal College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska list. Winnebago, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Nebraska Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska list. Located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, this small public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska. Norfolk, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 66 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Saint Mary landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Mary is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s education degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Nebraska Indian Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Macy, Nebraska, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
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