2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 8,205 people earned their degree in teacher education, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States.

Across Nebraska, there were 51 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the teacher education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k) in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$12,216 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $12,216 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#2

Concordia University, Nebraska

Seward, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$15,973 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Nebraska landed the #2 spot on the list. Seward, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s teacher education degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Nebraska also took the #2 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Concordia University, Nebraska is $15,973 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Teacher Education at Concordia University, Nebraska

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k)

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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