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2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
109 Degrees Awarded
$24,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor's in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 36,854 people earned their degree in design and applied arts, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, design and applied arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,542 and had an average of $27,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 254 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,125 and $15,582 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 109 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in design and applied arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great design and applied arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the design and applied arts 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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Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $19,663 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Design students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 Design & Applied Arts at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#2

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellevue University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Bellevue, Nebraska. It awarded 34 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bellevue University is $18,043 for nebraska bachelor’s degree design students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#3

Wayne State College

Wayne, Nebraska

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Wayne, Nebraska, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wayne State College is $16,094 for nebraska bachelor’s degree design students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#4

Doane University

Crete, Nebraska

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Doane University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Crete, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2019-2020.

Doane Crete also took the #3 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. It costs about $28,311 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Design students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Doane University.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Nebraska. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k. Concordia University, Nebraska is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Seward, Nebraska. It awarded 7 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Nebraska also made our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $22,884 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Design students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Concordia University, Nebraska.

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#6

The Creative Center

Omaha, Nebraska

The Creative Center ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska For Those Making $75-$110k list. Creative Center is a small school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 9 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

Creative Center also made our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for The Creative Center is $40,107 for nebraska bachelor’s degree design students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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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