2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering in Nebraska

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 16,932 people earned their degree in computer engineering, making the major the 60th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, computer engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $68,762 and had an average of $25,829 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 57 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,200 and $22,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 computer engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$17,208 Average Net Price

$74,786 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value CE 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. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s CE students in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $17,208 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree CE students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its 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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