Nebraska·Business and Financial Operations Occupations·SOC 13-2061

Best Financial Examiner programs in Nebraska, ranked by enrollment

Enforce or ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing financial and securities institutions and financial and real estate transactions.

13 schools in Nebraska run programs that feed this job, graduating 318 people a year. The job pays a median of $74,460 in Nebraska across about 840 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledBank ExaminerExamining OfficerCredit Union ExaminerBank Secrecy Act Anti-Money Laundering Officer (BSA/AML Officer)ExaminerEscrow CloserInternal AuditorPayroll Examiner
Graduates / yr
318
in Nebraska
Median pay · Nebraska
$74,460
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
840
people employed
Schools
13
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
51%
across those schools
Median net price
$23,162
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Nebraska that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in Nebraska that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Nebraska (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Nebraska page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 52.0301In Nebraska
318
100.0%
13$51,824$24,433

Top 13 schools in Nebraska

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 4 of the 13 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Creighton University
Omaha, NE Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
81Accounting$68,07083%$27,35380%
2University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE Public · 1 feeder programs
70Accounting47%87%
3Metropolitan Community College Area
Omaha, NE Public · 1 feeder programs
68Accounting29%
4Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
42Accounting$53,81933%$29,230
5Midland University
Fremont, NE Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
11Accounting42%$23,16266%
6Northeast Community College
Norfolk, NE Public · 1 feeder programs
11Accounting56%
7Western Nebraska Community College
Scottsbluff, NE Public · 1 feeder programs
10Accounting37%
8Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln, NE Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
7Accounting$60,92366%$22,22580%
9Doane University
Crete, NE Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
6Accounting$52,16057%$25,10398%
10Concordia University - Nebraska
Seward, NE Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Accounting65%$22,39086%
11Wayne State College
Wayne, NE Public · 1 feeder programs
3Accounting52%
12Hastings College
Hastings, NE Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Accounting49%$20,42472%
13York University
York, NE Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Accounting52%$19,34652%

All 13 schools in Nebraska

Every school in Nebraska with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Nebraska that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Creighton UniversityOmahaPrivate not-for-profit811
University of Nebraska at OmahaOmahaPublic701
Metropolitan Community College AreaOmahaPublic681
Bellevue UniversityBellevuePrivate not-for-profit421
Midland UniversityFremontPrivate not-for-profit111
Northeast Community CollegeNorfolkPublic111
Western Nebraska Community CollegeScottsbluffPublic101
Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityLincolnPrivate not-for-profit71
Doane UniversityCretePrivate not-for-profit61
Concordia University - NebraskaSewardPrivate not-for-profit51
Wayne State CollegeWaynePublic31
Hastings CollegeHastingsPrivate not-for-profit21
York UniversityYorkPrivate not-for-profit21

What financial examiners earn in Nebraska

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Nebraska
$74,460
Mean annual
$82,700
Jobs in state
840
What the range looks like
10th pct$49,490Median$74,46090th pct$127,000
Versus the national median
-20.9%

U.S. median $94,160. Nebraska pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.88×

Concentrated here: Nebraska employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Nebraska

Grand Island, NE
$101,690median
30 jobs
Omaha, NE-IA
$80,000median
440 jobs
Lincoln, NE
$72,110median
140 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+18.5%
Much faster than average
Openings per year
5,700
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
12,100
65,100 → 77,200
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Plus long-term on-the-job training

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Financial Examiners page.

How to become a Financial Examiner

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
On-the-job training
Long-term on-the-job training

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingActive ListeningWritingSpeakingMonitoring

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Nebraska

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 5 majors mapped to Financial Examiners4 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 43.0121Suspension and Debarment Investigation(no graduates reported)
  • 43.0405Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation
  • 52.0301Accounting
  • 52.0303Auditing
  • 52.1601Taxation

Common questions

Answers for people weighing financial examiners programs in Nebraska.

What degree do you need to become a Financial Examiner?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Accounting, which awarded 318 degrees in Nebraska in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Financial Examiner?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Accounting and Related Services. Together they graduate about 318 people a year in Nebraska.

How much do financial examiners earn in Nebraska?+

The median is $74,460 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 20.9% below the U.S. median of $94,160. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for financial examiners growing?+

BLS projects a +18.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 5,700 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Nebraska?+

13 institutions in Nebraska reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do financial examiners work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Bank Examiner, Examining Officer, Credit Union Examiner, Bank Secrecy Act Anti-Money Laundering Officer (BSA/AML Officer) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 13-2061.

Programs in NebraskaAccounting

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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