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2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$25,601 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,064 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Nebraska. With 414 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Schools in Nebraska ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Nebraska to see which programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nursing majors pursuing a .

Best Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality in Nursing

$38,334 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Nebraska Wesleyan University the best value school in Nebraska for nursing students. NWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Lincoln.

NWU undergraduate students pay an average of $38,334 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$11,941 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska Medical Center. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Schools in Nebraska list. UNMC is a small public school located in the city of Omaha.

UNMC undergraduate students pay an average of $11,941 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Nursing at University of Nebraska Medical Center Report

#3

Clarkson College

Omaha, NE
$14,880 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clarkson College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Schools in Nebraska list. Clarkson College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Clarkson College are $14,880 per year.

Read full report on Nursing at Clarkson College

$15,439 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Schools in Nebraska list. Nebraska Methodist College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Nebraska Methodist College are $15,439 a year.

Read full report on Nursing at Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health

$17,766 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bryan College of Health Sciences. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, Bryan College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bryan College of Health Sciences are $17,766 per year.

Full Nursing at Bryan College of Health Sciences Report

#6

Creighton University

Omaha, NE
$44,524 Average Tuition & Fees

Creighton University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value nursing programs. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Creighton are $44,524 a year.

Creighton also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Schools in Nebraska rankings.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 2,207
Minnesota 5,809
Iowa 462
Kansas 311
North Dakota 100
South Dakota 94

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

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