For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Nebraska colleges is 79.62%, 42,841 accepted out of 53,805 applicants.

For Nebraska college admission, the total number of applicants decreased by 1,032 (-1.88%) compared to last year, from 54,837 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 92, which is more than 0.85% last year.

Nebraska colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.55% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Nebraska colleges. The yield increased by 0.86%.

Among Nebraska colleges, Summit Christian College has the lowest acceptance rate of 14.29% with 1 accepted students out of 7 applicants. University of Nebraska-Lincoln has the most number of applicants of 18,354 and University of Nebraska-Lincoln has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 4,699.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Nebraska Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Nebraska. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: July 3, 2024 | Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Nebraska Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Summit Christian College7
1
1
-3
1
-3
14.29%
-52.38%
100.00%
College of Saint Mary430
286
189
96
89
1
43.95%
-20.63%
47.09%
-47.53%
York University506
26
241
-34
114
6
47.63%
-9.66%
47.30%
8.03%
Bryan College of Health Sciences151
-34
95
-30
64
-8
62.91%
-4.66%
67.37%
9.77%
Clarkson College56
-10
36
-1
36
-1
64.29%
8.23%
100.00%
Midland University1,436
-57
961
-8
283
-41
66.92%
2.02%
29.45%
-3.99%
Hastings College2,257
136
1,577
64
323
59
69.87%
-1.46%
20.48%
3.03%
Creighton University7,248
-729
5,241
-797
1,044
16
72.31%
-3.38%
19.92%
2.89%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln18,354
-748
14,146
-876
4,699
59
77.07%
-1.57%
33.22%
2.33%
Nebraska Wesleyan University2,295
-75
1,922
-9
440
82
83.75%
2.27%
22.89%
4.35%
University of Nebraska at Kearney7,253
459
6,222
380
910
47
85.79%
-0.20%
14.63%
-0.14%
University of Nebraska at Omaha9,889
383
8,594
432
2,156
-188
86.90%
1.04%
25.09%
-3.63%
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health111
16
98
12
55
11
88.29%
-2.24%
56.12%
4.96%
Doane University1,289
-664
1,154
-327
246
6
89.53%
13.70%
21.32%
5.11%
Concordia University-Nebraska1,587
-18
1,429
-29
381
46
90.04%
-0.80%
26.66%
3.68%
Union Adventist University936
-4
935
6
9199.89%
1.06%
9.73%
-0.07%