2023 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Studies in Nebraska (With Aid)
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Ranked Colleges
40
Degrees Awarded
$17,000
Avg Net Price*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 9,899 people earned their degree in environmental studies, making the major the 87th most popular in the United States.
Across Nebraska, there were 40 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid.
Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Studies in Nebraska (With Aid)
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid 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 35 ’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.
UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Studies Schools in Nebraska” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,013 for Nebraska Ecosystem Studies students with aid.
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 undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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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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
- *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.
Credits
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.
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