The Most Selective Colleges in Nebraska
Every eligible Nebraska four-year that reports an admission rate, ranked hardest to get into first and easiest last — not a prestige Top 25. Selectivity here is the published rate, not a magazine composite.
Ranked by acceptance rate · 12 of 22 Nebraska institutions in this universe qualify for this ranking · Compiled 2026-09-01
- 1Bryan College of Health SciencesLincoln, NE · Private62.9%Compare nearby
- 2Clarkson CollegeOmaha, NE · Private64.3%Compare nearby
- 3Midland UniversityFremont, NE · Private66.9%Compare nearby
- 4Hastings CollegeHastings, NE · Private69.9%Compare nearby
- 5Creighton UniversityOmaha, NE · Private72.3%Compare nearby
- 6University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, NE · Public77.1%Compare nearby
- 7Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityLincoln, NE · Private83.8%Compare nearby
- 8University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney, NE · Public85.8%Compare nearby
- 9University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, NE · Public86.9%Compare nearby
- 10Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied HealthOmaha, NE · Private88.3%Compare nearby
- 11Doane UniversityCrete, NE · Private89.5%Compare nearby
- 12Concordia University-NebraskaSeward, NE · Private90.0%Compare nearby
How this list was built
- Measure
- Acceptance rate — sorted lowest to highest
- Source variable
ADM_RATE- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Institution (05-19-2025 release)
- Nebraska institutions in this universe (22 schools).
- Nebraska four-year main campuses only. Rank order is published admission rate; on an exact tie, higher SAT average ranks above, and missing SAT does not drop a school. SAT is not shown because it is not the ranked measure. Schools without a published ADM_RATE are omitted rather than estimated.
- Institutions enrolling fewer than 500 undergraduates are excluded — the same size floor as the national selectivity list — even when they report an admission rate. That cut is not a median-stability adjustment.
- 12 of 22 Nebraska institutions in this universe qualify for this ranking (report the measure and pass any enrollment floor); the rest are omitted rather than estimated.
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