2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.
The Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Nebraska to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for trade school students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Trade Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska
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Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Community College Area the best value school in Nebraska for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate. Southeast Community College is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 189 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Southeast Community College are $3,864 a year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $10,763 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Southeast Community College does offer online classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 38% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Southeast Community College is ranked #1 for overall quality in Nebraska.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Metropolitan Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Nebraska. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 200 students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $4,815 per year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $7,044 in student loans.
MCC does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2020-2021 year, about 45% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
MCC also made our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #3.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Central Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Nebraska. Located in Grand Island, Nebraska, the medium-sized public school awarded 594 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2021-2022.
Central Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,710 in tuition and fees each year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $7,874 in loans while pursuing their degree.
One thing to take note of is that Central Community College does offer online classes in some areas. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 72% took at least some of their classes online.
Central Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Nebraska list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list. This medium-sized public school is located in Norfolk, Nebraska, and it awarded 126 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeast are $5,130 per year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $9,726 in student loans.
Some students may be able to take online classes at Northeast. In 2020-2021 about 39% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Northeast also made our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #2.
Out of the 5 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s value ranking, Mid-Plains Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Mid-Plains Community College is a public institution located in North Platte, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 69 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Mid-Plains Community College are $4,380 a year.
Some students may be able to take online classes at Mid-Plains Community College. In fact, around 55% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mid-Plains Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality in Nebraska.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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