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Best Nursing Colleges in Nebraska

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 16 schools · Agent Insights
16
Schools Analyzed
$53,810
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
54%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$17,378
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 16 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 16
Avg. earnings at 10yr $53,810
Avg. graduation rate 54%
Avg. net price $17,378
Avg. median debt $19,699

How We Ranked

Nursing 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 UniversityWestern NebraskaNortheast CommunitySoutheast CommunityMid-Plains Community

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Creighton University82%Western Nebraska Communi…36%Northeast Community Coll…56%Southeast Community Coll…36%Mid-Plains Community Col…49%Midland University43%Nebraska Wesleyan Univer…67%Union Adventist Universi…49%Bellevue University39%College of Saint Mary60%University of Nebraska a…59%Doane University56%Clarkson College67%Nebraska Methodist Colle…63%Metropolitan Community C…27%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

Western Nebraska Community College

Scottsbluff, NE

Graduation36%
Earnings$38,729
Net Price$5,474

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#3

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, NE

Graduation56%
Earnings$42,634
Net Price$8,544

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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

Western Nebraska Community College

Scottsbluff, NE · 893 students · Public

36% graduate $38,729 earnings
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#3

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, NE · 2,387 students · Public

56% graduate $42,634 earnings
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#4

Southeast Community College Area

Lincoln, NE · 6,773 students · Public

36% graduate $43,405 earnings
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#5

Mid-Plains Community College

North Platte, NE · 937 students · Public

49% graduate $40,059 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

Nebraska Wesleyan University

Lincoln, NE · 1,453 students · Private nonprofit

80% accepted 67% graduate $56,405 earnings
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#8

Union Adventist University

Lincoln, NE · 471 students · Private nonprofit

100% accepted 49% graduate $55,045 earnings
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#9

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE · 10,220 students · Private nonprofit

39% graduate $61,289 earnings
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#10

College of Saint Mary

Omaha, NE · 445 students · Private nonprofit

45% accepted 60% graduate $54,338 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

Doane University

Crete, NE · 978 students · Private nonprofit

98% accepted 56% graduate $53,316 earnings
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#13

Clarkson College

Omaha, NE · 622 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 67% graduate $64,876 earnings
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#14

Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health

Omaha, NE · 781 students · Private nonprofit

73% accepted 63% graduate $65,071 earnings
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#15

Metropolitan Community College Area

Omaha, NE · 8,775 students · Public

27% graduate $38,773 earnings
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#16

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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