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2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska

6 Schools Ranked
$22,063 Avg Student Debt

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamp with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Nebraska to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students.

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Top Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska
$7,751 Average Tuition & Fees
$23,815 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the best school in Nebraska for students working on their graduate certificate.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $23,815 in loans while pursuing their degree.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UNL does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 48% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

Midland University

Fremont, Nebraska
$14,613 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Midland University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Nebraska.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Midland U. In 2019-2020 about 26% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#3

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
$19,096 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 #3 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Creighton does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 50% took at least some of their classes online.

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#4

Concordia University, Nebraska

Seward, Nebraska

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Nebraska is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Concordia University, Nebraska. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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$7,542 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the # 5 spot on the list.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UNK. During the 2019-2020 year, about 97% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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$7,752 Average Tuition & Fees
$20,310 Avg Student Debt

University of Nebraska at Omaha ranked #6 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $20,310 in loans while pursuing their degree.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UNOMAHA. In 2019-2020 about 59% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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%.

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