unitid 181215 · Kearney, NE · public 4-year · town (distant)
University of Nebraska at Kearney
- enrollment 2023
- 7,212
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
89%
67th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
4,088
44th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
37%
undergrads on Pell grants
64th pctl among public 4-years
completion
58%
finish within 150% time
76th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,808
69th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$16,242
after aid, aided students
74th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$50,105
after entry, Title IV students
50th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$19,500
49th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $13,066 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k20%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k25%
- 110k+21%
- Median family income
- $56,350
- First-generation students
- 34%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,676
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 157 | $71,637 | $20,199 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 124 | $44,982 | $23,363 |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 85 | $60,832 | — |
| Biology, General. | 69 | $61,239 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 68 | $63,591 | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 50 | $77,134 | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 49 | $58,876 | $27,000 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 45 | $64,976 | — |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies. | 45 | $58,149 | $23,500 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 44 | — | — |
| Social Work. | 44 | $41,982 | $24,000 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 42 | $44,063 | $20,675 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.