2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska

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General Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 134,326 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,999 and had an average of $26,247 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 642 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,036 and $30,936 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general psychology 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 general psychology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska master’s degree psychology students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

UNL also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln General Psychology Report

#2

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$16,374 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,729 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska. UNOMAHA is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 11 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska at Omaha are $16,374.

Read full report on General Psychology at UNOMAHA

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology

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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