2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Elementary Education is the 19th most popular major in the country with 40,622 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Nebraska, there were 656 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the elementary education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$16,374 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school awarded 60 diplomas to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska at Omaha are $16,374.

Read full report on Elementary Education at University of Nebraska at Omaha

#2

University of Nebraska at Kearney

Kearney, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$14,792 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska list. University of Nebraska at Kearney is a public institution located in Kearney, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNK are $14,792, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Elementary Education at University of Nebraska at Kearney

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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