Concordia University-Nebraska
Private College in Seward, NE. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $52,415.
Students who entered Concordia University-Nebraska land at a median of $52,415 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 65%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $25,750 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 86%, Concordia University-Nebraska takes nearly everyone who applies. 1,583 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. About 25% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | 1 (1%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | 1 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 65%, meaning about one in three students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,281 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $24,158 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,107 at $0–30k against $26,433 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $28,534, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 60% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 381 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $19,107 |
| $30–48k | $20,295 |
| $48–75k | $21,442 |
| $75–110k | $25,401 |
| $110k+ | $26,433 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 773 of these 1,281 students, totalling $6,642,047 — an average of $8,593 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Seward County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)