University of
Nebraska at Omaha
Public Research University in Omaha, NE. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $53,909.
Students who entered University of Nebraska at Omaha land at a median of $53,909 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 49%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $19,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 87% of applicants are accepted. 9,246 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. 26% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, and not a cutoff.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | 19–26 | 1,465 (69%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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49% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 78% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 16% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The part-time picture is harder: 53% return, against 78% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 11,573 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,662 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $10,534 at $0–30k versus $19,466 at $110k+. 77% of students receive grant aid, averaging $10,348 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 27% of students.
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 · 2,016 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 | $10,534 |
| $30–48k | $10,614 |
| $48–75k | $12,324 |
| $75–110k | $15,540 |
| $110k+ | $19,466 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,118 of these 11,573 students, totalling $18,836,558 — an average of $6,041 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Douglas 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)