The average acceptance rate of the 6 private Nebraska colleges that have competitive admission is 75.68% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 1.26%. The acceptance rate at 3 private Nebraska colleges increased and the rate of 3 colleges decreased.
College of Saint Mary has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 44.65%. Midland University (66.12%) and Creighton University (79.75%) are following it in the list of Tightest Nebraska Private 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.
College of Saint Mary stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Midland University also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $40,269 and graduate tuition & fees is $14,096 for the academic year 2024-2025.
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 - | College of Saint Mary Omaha, NEPrivate, 4-year | 44.65% 0.70% | 35.29% | - | $24,510 | 786 | 61.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 2 - | Midland University Fremont, NEPrivate, 4-year | 66.12% 0.80% | 31.39% | 1,070 | $42,050 | 1,558 | 42.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 3 - | Creighton University Omaha, NEPrivate, 4-year | 79.75% 7.44% | 17.86% | 1,325 | $48,856 | 8,581 | 83.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 4 - | Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, NEPrivate, 4-year | 79.82% 3.93% | 16.18% | 1,180 | $43,572 | 1,654 | 66.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 5 1 | Concordia University-Nebraska Seward, NEPrivate, 4-year | 85.72% 4.32% | 25.13% | - | $40,640 | 3,479 | 65.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Doane University Crete, NEPrivate, 4-year | 98.01% 8.48% | 20.50% | - | $41,985 | 1,985 | 57.00% | 11 to 1 |
| Average | 75.68% | 24.39% | 1,192 | $40,269 | 3,007 | 62.33% | 12 to 1 |