The average acceptance rate of the 3 public Nebraska colleges that have competitive admission is 83.34% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.16%. The acceptance rate at 2 public Nebraska colleges increased and the rate of 1 colleges decreased.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 77.00%. University of Nebraska at Kearney (86.01%) and University of Nebraska at Omaha (87.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Nebraska Public Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Nebraska at Kearney ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,009 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,583 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NEPublic, 4-year | 77.00% 1.64% | 33.00% | 1,200 | $27,748 ($10,108) | 23,805 | 64.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 2 1 | University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NEPublic, 4-year | 86.01% 0.02% | 15.00% | 1,060 | $15,920 ($8,270) | 6,041 | 54.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 3 1 | University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NEPublic, 4-year | 87.00% 1.14% | 25.00% | - | $22,358 ($8,370) | 15,058 | 49.00% | 15 to 1 |
| Average | 83.34% | 24.33% | 1,130 | $22,009 ($8,916) | 14,968 | 55.67% | 15 to 1 |