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Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska

2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$20,120 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,749 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor's Degree School for You

Public Administration & Social Service is the #15 most popular major in Nebraska with 490 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Nebraska to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public administration and social service students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Best Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Public & Social Service

Our analysis found University of Nebraska at Kearney to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Nebraska. Located in the distant town of Kearney, UNK is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNK are $7,940 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list. UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNOMAHA are $8,136 per year.

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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 Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the large suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bellevue University are $8,310 a year.

Bellevue University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Nebraska Wesleyan University is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their bachelor’s degree. NWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Lincoln.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWU are $38,334 per year.

NWU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list.

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Doane University

Crete, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Doane University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Doane Crete is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Crete.

Doane Crete undergraduate students pay an average of $37,880 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 791
Minnesota 3,576
Iowa 832
South Dakota 143
Missouri 1,624
North Dakota 321

Public Administration & Social Service Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 58,326
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 142,610
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 73,813
Legal Professions 61,055
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 University of the Fraser Valley.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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