2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Chemistry in Nebraska

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Chemistry is the 51st most popular major in the country with 21,239 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, chemistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,656 and had an average of $22,680 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 131 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $16,304 and $27,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,713 and $18,510 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemistry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their chemistry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska” list to help you make the college decision.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Chemistry in Nebraska

1

Northeast Community College
Norfolk, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Nebraska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeast Community College is a medium-sized school located in Norfolk, Nebraska that handed out 1 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Chemistry at Northeast

2

Western Nebraska Community College
Scottsbluff, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Nebraska Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska list. Located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Chemistry at Western Nebraska Community College

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.