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Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Nebraska

2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Nebraska

4 Schools Ranked
$3,187 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$12,748 Avg Student Debt

A trade school student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Nebraska to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Nebraska to see which ones had the most popular online associate degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

1,366 Total Awards
$3,285 Average Tuition & Fees
$9,497 Avg Student Debt

Our analysis found Metropolitan Community College to be the most popular school for trade school students who want to pursue a associate degree in Nebraska. MCC is located in Omaha, Nebraska and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,366 associate degrees to qualified students.

Students from Nebraska who attend MCC full time pay an average of $3,285 in tuition and fees. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $4,815. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $9,497 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 56% were women.

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.

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#2

Central Community College

Grand Island, Nebraska
698 Total Awards
$3,300 Average Tuition & Fees
$8,350 Avg Student Debt

The excellent associate degree programs at Central Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Nebraska. Grand Island, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 698 students in 2021-2022.

Students from Nebraska who attend Central Community College full time pay an average of $3,300 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay an average of $4,710. On average, associate degree students take out $8,350 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 59% were women.

In 2020-2021 about 72% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#3

Western Nebraska Community College

Scottsbluff, Nebraska
378 Total Awards
$2,976 Average Tuition & Fees
$10,537 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you attend Western Nebraska Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Nebraska list. WNCC is located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 378 associate degrees to qualified students.

Students from Nebraska who attend WNCC full time pay an average of $2,976 in tuition and fees. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $3,072. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $10,537 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 64% were women.

Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 40% took at least some of their classes online.

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#4

Clarkson College

Omaha, Nebraska
38 Total Awards
$18,874 Avg Student Debt

The excellent associate degree programs at Clarkson College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Nebraska. Clarkson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 38 associate degrees in 2021-2022.

On average, associate degree students take out $18,874 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 76% were women.

During the 2020-2021 year, about 94% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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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