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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$7,751 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,624 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, social sciences students earned 224 degrees and certificates from a Nebraska school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the best value school in Nebraska for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNL are $7,751 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNL is ranked #4 for overall quality for social sciences in Nebraska.

Full Social Sciences at University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 96
Missouri 312
Minnesota 235
Iowa 73
North Dakota 31
South Dakota 29

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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