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University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska·Public, 4-year or above·Plains·unomaha.edu
6-yr Graduation
47%
-8.5pp vs R2 Research
Total enrollment
14,972
peer median 14,854
Avg net price
$13,441
-$815 vs R2 Research
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
9,246
9,246 candidates competed
Admitted
8,042
87.0% acceptance rate
Enrolled
2,116
26.3% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
47%-8.5pp vs R2 Research
4-year graduation
27%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
49%
Full-time retention
78%

Pell equity

6.6pp gap
Pell recipients
43%376 of 865
Non-Pell (all)
50%614 of 1238
Subsidized loan, no Pell
42%94 of 226
No Federal Aid
51%520 of 1012

Non-Pell students graduate at a 6.6-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 158 Title IV programs, 45 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 113 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
158
Passing
45
28.5% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

158programs
  • Passing45 · 28.5%
  • No Data113 · 71.5%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
5
Safe
39
No data
113

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

45
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+5.3%
$37,986 vs $36,082
Music
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+18.5%
$42,768 vs $36,082
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+22.1%
$44,068 vs $36,082
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+23.0%
$44,386 vs $36,082
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Master's Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+24.0%
$59,904 vs $48,304
International/Globalization Studies
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
+24.6%
$44,945 vs $36,082
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
+29.0%
$55,390 vs $42,937
Linguistic Comparative and Related Language Studies and Services
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
+29.1%
$46,595 vs $36,082

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

40
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
69%
$38,282 debt · $55,390 earn
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
52%
$31,398 debt · $60,739 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Master's Degree · Security And Protective Services
49%
$33,660 debt · $68,898 earn
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
49%
$18,500 debt · $37,986 earn
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
48%
$21,425 debt · $44,386 earn
History
Bachelor Degree · History
47%
$20,500 debt · $44,068 earn
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
Bachelor Degree · Natural Resources And Conservation
44%
$21,500 debt · $48,942 earn
International/Globalization Studies
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
44%
$19,546 debt · $44,945 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1939Next review Aug 2028

Programmatic accreditations · 6

Action history · 6

  1. Aug 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Education for Public Health · Public Health Programs (PHPB) — Baccalaureate only level programs offered outside a school of public health
  2. Feb 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  3. Dec 2020Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Other
    Commission on English Language Program Accreditation · English Language
  4. Jul 2018Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  5. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation · Art and Design (ART) - Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$10,534
$30–48k$10,614
$48–75k$12,324
$75–110k$15,540
$110k+$19,466

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$13,441
-$815vs R2 Research median $14,256
Federal loans
26.3%
In-state tuition
$8,718
Out-of-state
$23,206

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 5,006 students received $29.8M in Pell grants, alongside $38.9M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
5,006
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$29.8M
$29,794,049 total
Direct Loans
$38.9M
6,144 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

5k
20
4k
21
4k
22
4k
23
5k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$8.2M
2,138 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$12.0M
2,531 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$10.9M
789 loan awards
Parent PLUS$7.0M
596 loan awards
Grad PLUS$856K
90 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 2,933 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (0.3%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.3%
-2.0pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
2,933
Defaulted
9
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
6.2%
2017
5.8%
2018
2.0%
2019
0.3%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Unomaha

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs104
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

2,781 total completions
01Business
64223.1%
02Education
41414.9%
03Liberal Arts
32711.8%
04Computer Sciences
30210.9%
05Security/Protective
29310.5%
06Biological Sciences
2037.3%
07Public Admin
2007.2%
08Psychology
1916.9%
09Multi/Interdisciplinary
1063.8%
10Social Sciences
1033.7%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
14,972
12-mo unduplicated
17,611
Undergraduate
13,469
Graduate
4,142

Gender split

Men
43%7,622
Women
57%9,989

Race / ethnicity composition

White
59.0%
Hispanic
17.8%
Black
8.1%
Asian
5.9%
Two or more
5.0%
Non-resident
2.9%
Unknown
0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
348
170 M · 178 W
Women athletes
51.1%
Athletic aid
$4.3M
Total student aid
Budget
$29.1M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$2.1M
$2.2M
Recruiting expense
$244K
$138K
Head-coach salaries
$139K
$78K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 10

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
· 98 W
$708K
Swimming and Diving (combined)
33 M · 31 W
$954K
Soccer
29 M · 30 W
$2.1M
Baseball
44 M ·
$1.2M
Basketball
16 M · 15 W
$5.7M
Ice Hockey
28 M ·
$4.8M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.53
23 offenses · 15,015 students

3-year trend

1.632 yrs ago2.131 yr ago1.53Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
80
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
30
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
7
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
4

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
15
Rape
3
Arson
1
Robbery
1
Burglary
1
Fondling
1
Aggravated assault
1

By location

23total
  • On campus23

Includes 7 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
7
Dating violence
0
Stalking
7 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons11
Drugs1928
Liquor7132

Residence-hall fires

  • Scott Village1 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
15.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
615

Unomaha vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Unomaha selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha
47%14,972$13,441R2 Research
57%62.7%14,736$15,071R2 Research
54%72.2%14,732$13,310R2 Research
61%76.9%15,019$18,551R2 Research
51%93.9%16,689$13,194R2 Research
62%98.3%12,056$19,841R2 Research
Peer group median55%76.9%14,854$14,256

Institutions like Unomaha

Explore the federal data for institutions in Unomaha's comparison group.

Unomaha Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Institutional Effectiveness and Student Success
Phone
402.554.2800
Address
6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, 68182

We are committed to helping every student succeed in the classroom and beyond. Through meaningful data, campus partnerships, and student-focused initiatives, we work to remove barriers, strengthen support systems, and create pathways for Mavericks to thrive from enrollment through graduation.

Visit IR office page
Team
8 members
  • Jason P. Browning, Ph.D.
    Vice Chancellor
  • Sammi Kaiser, Ph.D.
    Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Success
  • Wendy Cobb
    Director, Systems Intelligence & Data Analytics
  • Dr. Erin Hanke
    Director of Operations, Executive Assistant to Vice Chancellor Browning
  • Yunsoo Goo
    Business Manager
  • Andy Jacobsen
    Executive Director, Systems Intelligence & Data Analytics
  • Matt Schill
    Director, Office of the University Registrar
  • Eric Wolford
    Director, Strategic Retention Programs

Common Data Set

Unomaha's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Source publications

Frequently asked questions about University of Nebraska at Omaha

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Unomaha.

What is the graduation rate at University of Nebraska at Omaha?

University of Nebraska at Omaha reports a 6-year graduation rate of 47% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend University of Nebraska at Omaha?

University of Nebraska at Omaha reports a total enrollment of 14,972 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at University of Nebraska at Omaha?

The average net price at University of Nebraska at Omaha is $13,441 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at University of Nebraska at Omaha?

University of Nebraska at Omaha's yield rate is 26.3%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is University of Nebraska at Omaha located?

University of Nebraska at Omaha is located in Omaha, Nebraska 68182-0225.

Who runs Institutional Research at University of Nebraska at Omaha?

University of Nebraska at Omaha's IR work is done by the Institutional Effectiveness and Student Success.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.

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