2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Nebraska

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In 2020-2021, 43,003 people earned their degree in elementary education, making the major the 17th most popular in the United States.

Across Nebraska, there were 652 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 41 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,713 and $18,510 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Nebraska for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in elementary education. To top this list, a school must have a successful elementary education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Nebraska for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska associate degree elementary teaching students.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Nebraska

1

Northeast Community College
Norfolk, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Nebraska for an Associate list. Northeast is located in Norfolk, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 associates’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Elementary Education at Northeast Community College

2

Western Nebraska Community College
Scottsbluff, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Nebraska Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Nebraska for an Associate. WNCC is a small public school situated in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It awarded 7 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Elementary Education at WNCC

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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.

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