Best NE Colleges and Universities

SmartAsset looked at five factors to determine the best value colleges and universities: tuition, student living costs, scholarship and grant offerings, retention rate and starting salary.

Rank	School	City	Avg. Scholarships and Grants	Avg. Starting Salary	College Tuition^*	Student Living Costs	Student Retention Rate	College Education Value Index
1	Bellevue University	Bellevue, NE	$6,151	$48,700	$7,365	$10,449	74%	38.42
2	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Lincoln, NE	$6,384	$50,600	$8,537	$15,708	83%	37.72
3	Creighton University	Omaha, NE	$20,293	$52,400	$37,606	$14,600	89%	35.04
4	University of Nebraska at Omaha	Omaha, NE	$6,311	$48,400	$7,204	$13,626	76%	34.73
5	Doane College-Crete	Crete, NE	$20,109	$47,100	$30,434	$14,120	78%	27.10
6	University of Nebraska at Kearney	Kearney, NE	$5,716	$42,900	$6,844	$14,934	79%	24.66
7	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Lincoln, NE	$18,976	$45,000	$31,394	$13,258	75%	21.79
8	Wayne State College	Wayne, NE	$4,749	$40,000	$6,462	$11,002	69%	20.28
9	Chadron State College	Chadron, NE	$5,742	$41,300	$6,510	$13,588	66%	18.52
	NE		$7,851	$46,970	$14,854	$12,194	74%