2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the teacher education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$17,208 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 8 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also made our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend UNL is $17,208 for nebraska bachelor’s degree teacher education students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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#2

Concordia University, Nebraska

Seward, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$20,763 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Nebraska. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska list. Located in Seward, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Concordia University, Nebraska, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Concordia University, Nebraska is $20,763 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students.

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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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