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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Education Major in Nebraska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Science Education is the 370th most popular major in the country with 1,371 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Nebraska, there were 32 science education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 science 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 Physical Science Education Major in Nebraska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in science education. That schools that top this list have a program in science education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Education Major in Nebraska

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

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

1

University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, Nebraska

#10 overall quality in Nebraska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Education Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Nebraska at Kearney is a medium-sized public school situated in Kearney, Nebraska. It awarded 13 masters’s physical science education degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Nebraska at Kearney Science Education Report

2

Hastings College
Hastings, Nebraska

#6 overall quality in Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hastings College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Science Education Major in Nebraska list. 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 full report on Science Education at Hastings

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Science Education in the Plains States Region
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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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