2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics Education in Nebraska

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In 2020-2021, 3,395 people earned their degree in mathematics education, making the major the 204th most popular in the United States.

Across Nebraska, there were 39 mathematics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 mathematics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,838 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in Nebraska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mathematics education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their mathematics education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in Nebraska

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics Education in Nebraska

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 overall quality in Nebraska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s math teacher education students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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Hastings College
Hastings, Nebraska

#6 overall quality in Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hastings College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in Nebraska. Hastings College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hastings, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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.

Credits

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