Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for Nebraska Colleges

There are 22 active four-years colleges and universities in Nebraska - 7 public and 15 private schools. The 2023 average graduation rate of the 4-year colleges in Nebraska is 56%. Compared to the graduation rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 50% to 56%. The students to faculty ratio of the schools is 12 to 1 and it decreased by 3 compared to 15 to 1, ratio of 10 years ago.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 53.45% where the current academic year rate is 56%. The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Nebraska Colleges over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	50%	44%	55%
2013-14	49%	43%	54%
2014-15	53%	51%	58%
2015-16	52%	50%	58%
2016-17	55%	53%	61%
2017-18	55%	51%	61%
2018-19	55%	48%	61%
2019-20	52%	45%	59%
2020-21	56%	51%	60%
2021-22	55%	47%	59%
2022-23	56%	54%	60%
Average	53.45%	48.82%	58.73%

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	27%
2013-14	34%
2014-15	31%
2015-16	28%
2016-17	32%
2017-18	29%
2018-19	29%
2019-20	27%
2020-21	26%
2021-22	31%
2022-23	25%
Average	29.00%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	68%	50%
2013-14	70%	46%
2014-15	74%	50%
2015-16	75%	41%
2016-17	74%	59%
2017-18	76%	61%
2018-19	73%	46%
2019-20	71%	63%
2020-21	76%	48%
2021-22	73%	43%
2022-23	71%	45%
Average	72.82%	50.18%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	15:1
2013-14	14:1
2014-15	14:1
2015-16	13:1
2016-17	13:1
2017-18	14:1
2018-19	13:1
2019-20	13:1
2020-21	13:1
2021-22	13:1
2022-23	12:1
Average	13.36:1

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Graduate

Northeast Community College Public, 2-4 years | Norfolk
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Bryan College of Health Sciences Private, four-years | Lincoln
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Bryan College of Health Sciences Private, four-years | Lincoln
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Technical Colleges

Northeast Community College Public, 2-4 years | Norfolk
Summit Christian College Private, four-years | Gering
Southeast Community College Area Public, 2-4 years | Lincoln
Bellevue University Private, four-years | Bellevue
University of Nebraska-Central Administration System Office Public, four-years | Lincoln
Bryan College of Health Sciences Private, four-years | Lincoln
Wayne State College Public, four-years | Wayne
Chadron State College Public, four-years | Chadron
York University Private, four-years | York
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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for Nebraska Colleges

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

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Student to Faculty Ratio Changes