Nebraska contains three schools that offer banking programs. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the highest-ranking banking school in NE, has a total student population of 24,100 and is the 840th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 3 banking schools in Nebraska, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Creighton University comes out as the most expensive ($25,370/yr), with University of Nebraska at Omaha as the lowest recorded at only $10,046/yr.
Banking students from Nebraska schools who go on to become bankers, tellers, investment bankers, financial managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 153,720 people working as financial specialists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $64,810. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Nebraska alone, there are 41,030 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average yearly salary of $56,990. Financial specialists in this state earn $60,640/yr and there are 180 employed.
Also, within the banking schools in Nebraska, the average student population is 2,686 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from banking, there are 1891 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,500 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,844, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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