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Best Business Colleges in Nebraska

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 21 schools · Agent Insights
21
Schools Analyzed
$50,474
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
51%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$16,673
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 21 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 21
Avg. earnings at 10yr $50,474
Avg. graduation rate 51%
Avg. net price $16,673
Avg. median debt $19,860

How We Ranked

Business 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 UniversityBellevue UniversityPeru StateHastings CollegeChadron State

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Creighton University82%Bellevue University39%Peru State College38%Hastings College51%Chadron State College44%Midland University43%Wayne State College54%Nebraska Wesleyan Univer…67%Northeast Community Coll…56%University of Nebraska-L…66%Western Nebraska Communi…36%Southeast Community Coll…36%Mid-Plains Community Col…49%Doane University56%University of Nebraska a…59%York University44%University of Nebraska a…47%Concordia University-Neb…64%Union Adventist Universi…49%Metropolitan Community C…27%

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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

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE · 10,220 students · Private nonprofit

39% graduate $61,289 earnings
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#3

Peru State College

Peru, NE · 1,092 students · Public

38% graduate $47,071 earnings
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#4

Hastings College

Hastings, NE · 891 students · Private nonprofit

72% accepted 51% graduate $51,303 earnings
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#5

Chadron State College

Chadron, NE · 1,540 students · Public

44% graduate $47,002 earnings
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#6

Midland University

Fremont, NE · 1,159 students · Private nonprofit

66% accepted 43% graduate $52,163 earnings
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#7

Wayne State College

Wayne, NE · 3,010 students · Public

54% graduate $47,075 earnings
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#8

Nebraska Wesleyan University

Lincoln, NE · 1,453 students · Private nonprofit

80% accepted 67% graduate $56,405 earnings
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#9

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, NE · 2,387 students · Public

56% graduate $42,634 earnings
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#10

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lincoln, NE · 19,178 students · Public

87% accepted 66% graduate $56,887 earnings
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#11

Western Nebraska Community College

Scottsbluff, NE · 893 students · Public

36% graduate $38,729 earnings
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#12

Southeast Community College Area

Lincoln, NE · 6,773 students · Public

36% graduate $43,405 earnings
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#13

Mid-Plains Community College

North Platte, NE · 937 students · Public

49% graduate $40,059 earnings
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#14

Doane University

Crete, NE · 978 students · Private nonprofit

98% accepted 56% graduate $53,316 earnings
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#15

University of Nebraska at Kearney

Kearney, NE · 4,088 students · Public

89% accepted 59% graduate $50,105 earnings
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#16

York University

York, NE · 428 students · Private nonprofit

52% accepted 44% graduate $44,130 earnings
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#17

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, NE · 11,488 students · Public

87% accepted 47% graduate $53,909 earnings
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#18

Concordia University-Nebraska

Seward, NE · 1,283 students · Private nonprofit

86% accepted 64% graduate $52,415 earnings
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#19

Union Adventist University

Lincoln, NE · 471 students · Private nonprofit

100% accepted 49% graduate $55,045 earnings
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#20

Metropolitan Community College Area

Omaha, NE · 8,775 students · Public

27% graduate $38,773 earnings
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#21

College of Saint Mary

Omaha, NE · 445 students · Private nonprofit

45% accepted 60% graduate $54,338 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.