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2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
123 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor's in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Sociology is the 20th most popular major in the country with 37,747 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Nebraska, there were 131 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 123 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sociology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sociology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sociology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The sociology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sociology in Nebraska (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Nebraska at Omaha is a fairly large public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 34 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNOMAHA is $14,040 for nebraska bachelor’s degree sociology students with aid.

Full UNOMAHA Sociology Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 48 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $17,208 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Sociology students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.

Read more about Sociology at UNL

#3

Hastings College

Hastings, Nebraska
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hastings College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid list. Hastings is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hastings, Nebraska. It awarded 9 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

Hastings also made our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Hastings is $21,670 for nebraska bachelor’s degree sociology students with aid.

Full Hastings Sociology Report

#4

Doane University

Crete, Nebraska
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Doane University landed the #4 spot on the list. Doane University is located in Crete, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.

Doane Crete did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend Doane Crete is $26,507 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Sociology students with aid.

Full Doane University Sociology Report

#5

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #5 spot on the list. Bellevue University is located in Bellevue, Nebraska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bellevue University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bellevue University is $15,616 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Sociology students with aid.

Full Bellevue University Sociology Report

#6

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#1 in overall quality

Creighton University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sociology students in 2019-2020.

Creighton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend Creighton is $31,400 for nebraska bachelor’s degree sociology students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Sociology at Creighton University

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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