Colleges in Nebraska

Nebraska has 16 private and 7 public 4-year colleges that enroll 11,048 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $22,980 for in-state students and $29,145 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Nebraska charge around $39,135 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, Nebraska provided $5.8 million in financial aid to 2,646 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $111.9 million in grants and scholarships to 10,316 students.

Nebraska receives less than 1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 3,908 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $17.9 million in pell grant ($4,595 per student on average), and 5,382 students received a total amount of $26.6 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($5,216 per student on average).

4-year Colleges in Nebraska

	Net price	Acceptance Rate	Graduation Rate
Creighton University Omaha NE	$31,040	78%	79%
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health Omaha NE	$22,074	84%	73%
Clarkson College Omaha NE	$15,852	96%	72%
Bryan College of Health Sciences Lincoln NE	$26,105	91%	70%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE	$18,403	81%	66%
Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln NE	$25,628	82%	66%
Union College Lincoln NE	$24,725	98%	60%
College of Saint Mary Omaha NE	$16,235	38%	60%
Doane University Crete NE	$23,667	77%	59%
Concordia University-Nebraska Seward NE	$22,573	85%	58%

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Community Colleges and Career Colleges in Nebraska

	Net price	Acceptance Rate	Graduation Rate
Omaha School of Massage and Healthcare of Herzing University Omaha NE	N/A	100%	N/A
Myotherapy Institute Lincoln NE	$27,104	open admission	100%
Joseph's College Cosmetology Lincoln NE	$8,770	open admission	94%
Capitol School of Hairstyling and Esthetics Omaha NE	$11,299	open admission	92%
Xenon International Academy-Omaha Omaha NE	$12,983	open admission	84%
College of Hair Design-Downtown Lincoln NE	$12,017	open admission	80%
College of Hair Design-East Campus Lincoln NE	$13,250	open admission	78%
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Curtis NE	$12,603	open admission	58%
Northeast Community College Norfolk NE	$9,158	open admission	52%
Western Nebraska Community College Scottsbluff NE	$6,756	open admission	42%