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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. This medium-sized public school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 189 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Community College are $3,864 per year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $10,763 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Southeast Community College 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. 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.
Southeast Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Nebraska list.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Metropolitan Community College is a great place for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. MCC is located in Omaha, Nebraska and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 200 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.
MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,815 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $7,044 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since MCC does offer online classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 45% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
MCC also took the #3 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Nebraska rankings.
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 handed out 594 undergraduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Community College are $4,710 per year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $7,874 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Central Community College 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. 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.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Northeast Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Nebraska. Located in Norfolk, Nebraska, the medium-sized public school awarded 126 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Northeast are $5,130 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $9,726 in student loans.
Northeast 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. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 39% took at least some of their classes online.
Northeast not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Nebraska list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid-Plains Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list. Located in North Platte, Nebraska, the small public school handed out 69 undergraduate certificate awards 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.
Online courses are available at Mid-Plains Community College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2020-2021 about 55% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Mid-Plains Community College also took the #5 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Nebraska rankings.
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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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