For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Nebraska colleges is 79.64%, 42,849 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 76, which is more than 0.70% last year.

Nebraska colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.54% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Nebraska colleges. The yield increased by 0.82%.

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 4,664.

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
243
-32
114
6
48.02%
-9.27%
46.91%
7.64%
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
962
-7
279
-45
66.99%
2.09%
29.00%
-4.44%
Hastings College2,257
136
1,580
67
316
52
70.00%
-1.33%
20.00%
2.55%
Creighton University7,248
-729
5,219
-819
1,044
16
72.01%
-3.68%
20.00%
2.97%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln18,354
-748
14,133
-889
4,664
24
77.00%
-1.64%
33.00%
2.11%
Nebraska Wesleyan University2,295
-75
1,928
-3
443
85
84.01%
2.53%
22.98%
4.44%
University of Nebraska at Kearney7,253
459
6,238
396
936
73
86.01%
0.02%
15.00%
0.23%
University of Nebraska at Omaha9,889
383
8,603
441
2,151
-193
87.00%
1.14%
25.00%
-3.72%
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health111
16
98
12
55
11
88.29%
-2.24%
56.12%
4.96%
Concordia University-Nebraska1,587
-18
1,428
-30
386
51
89.98%
-0.86%
27.03%
4.05%
Doane University1,289
-664
1,160
-321
244
4
89.99%
14.16%
21.03%
4.82%
Union Adventist University936
-4
936
7
94
3
100.00%
1.17%
10.04%
0.24%