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Best Biology Colleges in Nebraska

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 15 schools · Agent Insights
15
Schools Analyzed
$54,105
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
56%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$20,633
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 15 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 15
Avg. earnings at 10yr $54,105
Avg. graduation rate 56%
Avg. net price $20,633
Avg. median debt $23,239

How We Ranked

Biology programs in Nebraska ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICECreighton UniversityNebraska WesleyanHastings CollegePeru StateMidland University

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Creighton University82%Nebraska Wesleyan Univer…67%Hastings College51%Peru State College38%Midland University43%Wayne State College54%Chadron State College44%Doane University56%University of Nebraska-L…66%University of Nebraska a…47%University of Nebraska a…59%Union Adventist Universi…49%York University44%Concordia University-Neb…64%Bryan College of Health …73%

Top 3

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Graduation82%
Earnings$73,911
Net Price$31,568

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#2

Nebraska Wesleyan University

Lincoln, NE

Graduation67%
Earnings$56,405
Net Price$18,327

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#3

Hastings College

Hastings, NE

Graduation51%
Earnings$51,303
Net Price$24,452

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Full Rankings

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, NE · 4,348 students · Private nonprofit

80% accepted 82% graduate $73,911 earnings
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#2

Nebraska Wesleyan University

Lincoln, NE · 1,453 students · Private nonprofit

80% accepted 67% graduate $56,405 earnings
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#3

Hastings College

Hastings, NE · 891 students · Private nonprofit

72% accepted 51% graduate $51,303 earnings
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#4

Peru State College

Peru, NE · 1,092 students · Public

38% graduate $47,071 earnings
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#5

Midland University

Fremont, NE · 1,159 students · Private nonprofit

66% accepted 43% graduate $52,163 earnings
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#6

Wayne State College

Wayne, NE · 3,010 students · Public

54% graduate $47,075 earnings
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#7

Chadron State College

Chadron, NE · 1,540 students · Public

44% graduate $47,002 earnings
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#8

Doane University

Crete, NE · 978 students · Private nonprofit

98% accepted 56% graduate $53,316 earnings
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#9

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lincoln, NE · 19,178 students · Public

87% accepted 66% graduate $56,887 earnings
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#10

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, NE · 11,488 students · Public

87% accepted 47% graduate $53,909 earnings
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#11

University of Nebraska at Kearney

Kearney, NE · 4,088 students · Public

89% accepted 59% graduate $50,105 earnings
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#12

Union Adventist University

Lincoln, NE · 471 students · Private nonprofit

100% accepted 49% graduate $55,045 earnings
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#13

York University

York, NE · 428 students · Private nonprofit

52% accepted 44% graduate $44,130 earnings
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#14

Concordia University-Nebraska

Seward, NE · 1,283 students · Private nonprofit

86% accepted 64% graduate $52,415 earnings
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#15

Bryan College of Health Sciences

Lincoln, NE · 553 students · Private nonprofit

67% accepted 73% graduate $70,845 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.

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