by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Bachelor’s 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 117 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,581 and $29,351 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in chemistry. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in chemistry.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska”.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State College landed the #1 spot on the list. WSC is a public institution located in Wayne, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska. York College is a private not-for-profit institution located in York, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska list. This medium-sized school is located in Kearney, Nebraska, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hastings College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska list. Hastings is a small school located in Hastings, Nebraska that handed out 3 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska list. Creighton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Concordia University, Nebraska ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska list. Concordia University, Nebraska is located in Seward, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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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University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska ranking. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Nebraska Wesleyan University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska list. Nebraska Wesleyan University is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
College of Saint Mary landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska ranking. College of Saint Mary is a small school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 1 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska ranking. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Doane University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska ranking. This small school is located in Crete, Nebraska, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Union College Nebraska ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Nebraska list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s chemistry degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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