Nebraska contains 29 schools that offer liberal arts and humanities programs. University of Nebraska at Kearney, the highest-ranking liberal arts and humanities school in NE, has a total student population of 6,650 and is the 171st highest ranked school in America.
Of the 29 liberal arts and humanities schools in Nebraska, only 4 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 Little Priest Tribal College as the lowest recorded at only $2,007/yr.
Liberal Arts and Humanities students from Nebraska schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today.
Also, within the liberal arts and humanities schools in Nebraska, the average student population is 2,686 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from liberal arts and humanities, 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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