A total of 135,452 students are enrolled in Nebraska colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

There are 111,271 undergraduate and 24,181 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 82.15% and the proportion of graduate students is 17.85%.

For Nebraska colleges, University of Nebraska-Lincoln has the most number of students of 23,805 among 4-year colleges. For Nebraska community colleges, Metropolitan Community College Area has the most students of 14,541 and is the largest trade school with 0.

Student Population By School Level for Nebraska Colleges

By attending status, there are 83,046 full-time students and 52,406 part-time students at Nebraska colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Nebraska colleges. A total of 135,452 students have enrolled in Nebraska colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Nebraska Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Bellevue UniversityPrivate, 4-year13,84110,8086,5094,2993,0332,279754
Clarkson CollegePrivate, 4-year1,13363123739450226476
Bryan College of Health SciencesPrivate, 4-year7255983452531276760
Central Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year6,5196,5191,7524,767---
Chadron State CollegePublic, 4-year2,2601,8151,474341445127318
College of Hair Design-DowntownPrivate, 2-4 year676767----
Concordia University-NebraskaPrivate, 4-year3,0472,6681,1221,54637930970
Creighton UniversityPrivate, 4-year8,3974,2904,1841064,1073,0381,069
Doane UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,87999093456889335554
Hastings CollegePrivate, 4-year936919911817152
CHI Health School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 4-year242424----
Joseph's College CosmetologyPrivate, 2-4 year107107107----
University of Nebraska at KearneyPublic, 4-year6,0414,2693,6725971,7722651,507
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied HealthPrivate, 4-year1,14680856624233830533
Metropolitan Community College AreaPublic, 2-4 year14,54114,5413,92810,613---
Mid-Plains Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,0842,0846681,416---
Midland UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,6151,3401,19214827539236
University of Nebraska at OmahaPublic, 4-year15,05812,0269,9852,0413,0321,0351,997
Nebraska Indian Community CollegePublic, 4-year47447483391---
University of Nebraska Medical CenterPublic, 4-year3,6608867431432,7742,129645
Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,6881,5451,4697614343100
University of Nebraska-LincolnPublic, 4-year23,80519,18918,1751,0144,6162,5202,096
Northeast Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,5835,5831,9963,587---
Peru State CollegePublic, 4-year1,7991,56999757223030200
Summit Christian CollegePrivate, 4-year22221210---
College of Saint MaryPrivate, 4-year8575394964331824177
Southeast Community College AreaPublic, 2-4 year9,4659,4653,1716,294---
Union Adventist UniversityPrivate, 4-year69460746014787861
Nebraska College of Technical AgriculturePublic, 2-4 year30330323667---
Wayne State CollegePublic, 4-year4,7733,8602,8571,003913181732
Western Nebraska Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,5751,575618957---
York UniversityPrivate, 4-year626442403391849175
Capitol Beauty SchoolPrivate, 2-4 year138138138----
Stephanie Moss AcademyPrivate, 2-4 year181181181----
Little Priest Tribal CollegePublic, 2-4 year20820875133---
Myotherapy InstitutePrivate, 2-4 year131313----
Universal College of Healing ArtsPrivate, 2-4 year2424231---
College of Hair Design-East CampusPrivate, 2-4 year117117117----
Entourage Institute of Beauty and EstheticsPrivate, 2-4 year272727----
Life Chiropractic College West - Bellevue UniversityPrivate, 4-year-------