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Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska

2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$19,387 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,860 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 719 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and journalism is the #12 most popular major in Nebraska.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Communication & 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 6 schools in Nebraska to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for communication and journalism students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

Our analysis found University of Nebraska at Omaha to be the best value school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Nebraska. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

UNOMAHA undergraduate students pay an average of $8,136 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great value for communication and journalism students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNL are $9,590 a year.

UNL also made our Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #2.

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#3

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the large suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bellevue University are $8,310 per year.

Bellevue University also took the #1 spot in our Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska rankings.

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Wayne State College

Wayne, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the town of Wayne, WSC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WSC are $7,428 a year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Nebraska Wesleyan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and journalism schools in Nebraska. NWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lincoln.

NWU undergraduate students pay an average of $38,334 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NWU also took the #5 spot in our Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska rankings.

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Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

Creighton undergraduate students pay an average of $44,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,015
Minnesota 1,434
Iowa 1,231
South Dakota 203
Missouri 1,975
North Dakota 171

Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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