2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Nebraska

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 97,666 people earned their degree in public administration and social service, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,142 and had an average of $32,304 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 454 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,254 and $38,221 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 200 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration and social service. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration and social service programs, but they also 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 public administration and social service program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska master’s degree public administration & social service students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$16,374 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public administration and social service degrees to 160 students in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA also made our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNOMAHA are $16,374, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Nebraska at Omaha Public Administration & Social Service Report

#2

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$11,385 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bellevue, Nebraska, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 30 degrees to qualified masters’s public administration and social service students in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Bellevue University

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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

• *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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