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2023 Best Value Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$17,548 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,564 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism Bachelor's Degree School for You

Journalism is the #46 most popular major in Nebraska with 155 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Nebraska to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for journalism students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Journalism Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Journalism

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska at Kearney the best value school in Nebraska for journalism students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Kearney, UNK is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNK are $7,940 a year.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Nebraska at Kearney

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Nebraska at Omaha helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in Nebraska. UNOMAHA is a 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. Journalism majors at UNOMAHA take out an average of $23,391 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Nebraska at Omaha

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNL are $9,590 a year. Journalism majors at UNL take out an average of $21,978 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $444, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

UNL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#4

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Creighton are $44,524 per year.

Creighton not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list.

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Best Value Journalism Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Journalism Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 543
Minnesota 292
Kansas 347
Iowa 279
North Dakota 10
South Dakota 16

Journalism is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Journalism

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

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 Jfurrer.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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