There are 40 colleges in Nebraska - 16 public and 24 private schools. The 2024 average undergraduate tuition of the Nebraska colleges is $8,664 for state residents and $22,662 for out-of-state students.

20 Nebraska cities have at least one college and, of them, Omaha has the most of 11 colleges. It has 7 four-year colleges and 4 community colleges with a total of 45,159 students. Lincoln and Bellevue also has a number of colleges of 10 and 2 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the Nebraska colleges by city. The 2024 tuition & fees based on 4-year colleges' cost. You can view the list of colleges and average statistics for each city by following the link on the city name. Furthermore, you can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the colum title.

40 Nebraska Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Omaha 1174- $23,842
($11,545)
$18,505
($8,884)
45,159 34,088 11,071 11 to 1
Lincoln 1046- $28,981
($10,108)
$21,481
($8,168)
36,708 31,735 4,973 13 to 1
Bellevue 22-- $8,886 $12,432 13,841 10,808 3,033 7 to 1
Kearney 11-- $15,920
($8,270)
$15,570
($7,866)
6,041 4,269 1,772 13 to 1
Fremont 11-- $40,270 $14,596 1,615 1,340 275 14 to 1
Norfolk 1-1- - - 5,583 5,583 - 17 to 1
Gering 11-- $7,928 - 22 22 - 3 to 1
Wayne 11-- $7,923
($7,923)
$9,960
($5,640)
4,773 3,860 913 22 to 1
York 11-- $21,600 $5,700 626 442 184 11 to 1
Grand Island 1-1- - - 6,519 6,519 - 15 to 1
Seward 11-- $39,330 $7,650 3,047 2,668 379 12 to 1
Hastings 11-- $36,130 $13,580 936 919 17 12 to 1
North Platte 1-1- - - 2,084 2,084 - 11 to 1
Macy 11-- $4,080
($4,080)
- 474 474 - 5 to 1
Peru 11-- $8,280
($8,280)
$9,408
($9,408)
1,799 1,569 230 20 to 1
Curtis 1-1- - - 303 303 - 22 to 1
Scottsbluff 1-1- - - 1,575 1,575 - 17 to 1
Winnebago 1-1- - - 208 208 - 7 to 1
Chadron 11-- $7,564
($7,564)
$11,183
($6,383)
2,260 1,815 445 16 to 1
Crete 11-- $40,491 $9,223 1,879 990 889 10 to 1