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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Nebraska

1 Ranked Colleges
109 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor's in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Civil Engineering is the 45th most popular major in the country with 21,561 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,122 and had an average of $23,807 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 132 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,600 and $17,344 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 109 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great civil engineering 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 civil engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Nebraska

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s civil eng degrees to 109 students in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend UNL is $19,663 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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