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Best Colleges in Nebraska

The strongest colleges and universities in Nebraska, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in Nebraska, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 40
Source Federal data, same records as every school page

Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 Creighton University Omaha, NE 80% $31,568 1243-1428 See record
2 Bryan College of Health Sciences Lincoln, NE 67% $26,919 - See record
3 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 87% $17,747 1098-1330 See record
4 Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, NE 80% $18,327 1020-1290 See record
5 Concordia University-Nebraska Seward, NE 86% $23,965 - See record
6 College of Saint Mary Omaha, NE 45% $16,590 1150 See record
7 Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health Omaha, NE 73% $21,863 - See record
8 University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 89% $16,242 905-1125 See record
9 Doane University Crete, NE 98% $26,364 - See record
10 York University York, NE 52% $20,951 880-1110 See record
11 Union Adventist University Lincoln, NE 100% $23,716 - See record
12 Wayne State College Wayne, NE - $15,360 - See record
13 Chadron State College Chadron, NE - $12,549 - See record
14 Hastings College Hastings, NE 72% $24,452 1320 See record
15 University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE 87% $13,441 1120 See record
16 Clarkson College Omaha, NE 78% $19,241 - See record
17 Midland University Fremont, NE 66% $26,267 963-1170 See record
18 Peru State College Peru, NE - $11,632 - See record
19 Bellevue University Bellevue, NE - $17,550 - See record
20 Summit Christian College Gering, NE 42% - - See record
21 Nebraska Indian Community College Macy, NE - $23,334 - See record
22 Capitol Beauty School Omaha, NE - $14,886 - See record
23 Central Community College Grand Island, NE - $7,024 - See record
24 CHI Health School of Radiologic Technology Omaha, NE - - - See record
25 College of Hair Design-Downtown Lincoln, NE - $17,934 - See record
26 College of Hair Design-East Campus Lincoln, NE - $16,532 - See record
27 Entourage Institute of Beauty and Esthetics Lincoln, NE - $15,787 - See record
28 Joseph's College Cosmetology Lincoln, NE - $10,125 - See record
29 Life Chiropractic College West - Bellevue University Bellevue, NE - - - See record
30 Little Priest Tribal College Winnebago, NE - $9,303 - See record
31 Metropolitan Community College Area Omaha, NE - $4,982 - See record
32 Mid-Plains Community College North Platte, NE - $5,235 - See record
33 Myotherapy Institute Lincoln, NE - $35,500 - See record
34 Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Curtis, NE - $14,639 - See record
35 Northeast Community College Norfolk, NE - $8,544 - See record
36 Ricketts Great Books College Omaha, NE - - - See record
37 Southeast Community College Area Lincoln, NE - $9,171 - See record
38 Universal College of Healing Arts Omaha, NE - $21,658 - See record
39 University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE - - - See record
40 Western Nebraska Community College Scottsbluff, NE - $5,474 - See record