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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$17,640 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,582 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences 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.

The Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Nebraska to see which ones offered the best value programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Nebraska

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

Best Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality in Social Sciences

$9,590 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Nebraska - Lincoln to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Nebraska. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNL are $9,590 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNL is ranked #1 for overall quality for social sciences in Nebraska.

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$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Nebraska list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Omaha.

UNOMAHA undergraduate students pay an average of $8,136 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE
$8,310 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bellevue University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the large suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bellevue University are $8,310 a year.

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#4

Creighton University

Omaha, NE
$44,524 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Nebraska list. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large 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 Social Sciences Schools in Nebraska rankings.

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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 averages are for the top 4 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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