Education Jobs and MBA Programs in Nebraska

Many educational and employment opportunities are available for education administrators in Nebraska. In Nebraska, there are currently 1,000 jobs for education administrators and this is projected to grow by 11 percent to 960 jobs by 2016. This is better than the national trend for education administrators, which sees the job pool growing at about two percent over the next 10 years. In general, education administrators plan, direct, or coordinate research, instructional, student administration and services, and other educational activities at postsecondary institutions, including universities, and junior and community colleges.

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In Nebraska, the income for education administrators is $34 per hour or $70,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $45 hourly or $92,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Cornhusker State, Nebraska is home to 1,796,619 people. It has grown by 5.0 percent in the last 10 years. Lincoln is the state capital. In 2008, there were a total of 1,253,549 jobs and at $39,182, the average annual income in Nebraska was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $37,899. The unemployment rate in Nebraska was 4.6 percent in 2009. It rose by 1.3 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 23.7 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is below the national average.

Food manufacturing, animal slaughtering, animal slaughtering and animal slaughtering are the top employing fields in Nebraska.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, The Naval Ammunition Depot located in Hastings was the largest U.S. ammunition plant providing 40% of WWII's ammunition. One of the unique tidbits about Nebraska is Nebraska is the only state in the union with a unicameral (one house) legislature.

Education

Education administrators plan, direct, or coordinate research, instructional, student administration and services, and other educational activities at postsecondary institutions, including universities, and junior and community colleges.

While working, they often recruit and terminate departmental personnel and participate in faculty and college committee efforts.

They are required to pay attention to ongoing situations and monitor them as they develop and listen well to others and take in their information and issues.

Education administrators should be able to articulate ideas and problems and listen to and understand others in meetings.

In order to be successful in the workplace, education administrators must have exceptional integrity and be reliable.