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University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $12,751 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $26,697.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $56,887 ten years after entering, the 67th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 67% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1869
Enrollment, 2023
25,724
Website
unl.edu
Motto
“Literis Dedicata et Omnibus Artibus”
Campus of University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was the University of Nebraska until 1968, when it absorbed the Municipal University of Omaha to form the University of Nebraska system. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship institution of the state-wide system.

From the Wikipedia article “University of Nebraska–Lincoln”, revision 1359894079, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $26,697 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $12,751 and $22,346 a year depending on income at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Statement of cost · University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$26,697
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$12,751
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$17,747
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$10,434

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $12,751; $30–48k: $13,054; $48–75k: $14,699; $75–110k: $18,975; over $110k: $22,346. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$12,751
$30k–$48k$13,054
$48k–$75k$14,699
$75k–$110k$18,975
Over $110k$22,346

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $56,887; the median graduate who borrowed owes $21,000.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$47,692
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$53,022
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
67th percentile among public 4-years
$56,887
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
63rd percentile among public 4-years
$21,000
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$14,750

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $47,692; 8 yrs after entry: $53,022; 10 yrs after entry: $56,887. Median graduate debt: $21,000. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $21,000.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$47,692
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$53,022
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$56,887
Median graduate debt$21,000

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree371$62,338$22,500
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree249$52,377$22,750
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree237$77,155$19,650
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's Degree226$58,750$23,258
MarketingBachelor's Degree181$64,871$23,250
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree168$125,688not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree162$47,126$23,128
Family and Consumer Economics and Related StudiesBachelor's Degree151$45,796$22,500
Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree146$63,837$25,256
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree138$74,112$21,500
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree137$84,216$24,000
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree137$62,754$25,342
Show all 29 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
LawFirst Professional Degree128$86,484not reported
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree123not reportednot reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's Degree112$51,736$23,000
Civil EngineeringBachelor's Degree102$79,612$25,500
Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's Degree91$49,722$24,250
JournalismBachelor's Degree89$51,054$21,000
MathematicsBachelor's Degree87$73,518$19,261
Agricultural Business and ManagementBachelor's Degree81$60,418$19,500
Engineering, GeneralMaster's Degree50$133,929not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degreenot reported$104,063$20,572
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyDoctoral Degree11$88,137not reported
Computer EngineeringBachelor's Degree70$105,749$20,240
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringBachelor's Degree41$97,890$19,750
Agricultural EngineeringBachelor's Degree5not reportednot reported
Psychology, GeneralDoctoral Degree13$81,435not reported
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBachelor's Degree64$109,323$24,250
Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree45$94,289not reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: 19,178 undergraduates; 23% of students receive Pell grants; 87% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

87%

60th percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

19,178

86th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

23%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

24th percentile among public 4-years

Completion

67%

finish within 150% of normal time

86th percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

22%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$71,878

92nd percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k17%
  • $30k–$48k14%
  • $48k–$75k17%
  • $75k–$110knot reported
  • Over $110knot reported
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k17%
$30k–$48k14%
$48k–$75k17%
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 2,733 people who studied at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, most often in science & academia (41%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 41% (1,029 people); medicine 0.8% (20 people); law 3.2% (80 people); politics & gov 6.9% (174 people); business 1.1% (27 people); engineering & tech 1.7% (44 people); writing & journalism 4.8% (122 people); film & stage 0.9% (23 people); music 0.6% (15 people); visual arts 1.3% (32 people); sports 37% (924 people); religion 0.1% (3 people); military 1.2% (31 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia1,02940.8%
medicine200.8%
law803.2%
politics & gov1746.9%
business271.1%
engineering & tech441.7%
writing & journalism1224.8%
film & stage230.9%
music150.6%
visual arts321.3%
sports92436.6%
religion30.1%
military311.2%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (633) · basketball player (562) · American football player (230) · university teacher (207) · politician (168) · lawyer (72) · mathematician (70) · writer (70)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 23% for the 1860s to 18% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 3 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1830snot reported1not reported
1840snot reported2not reported
1850snot reported4not reported
1860s51723%
1870s133030%
1880s124123%
1890s54211%
1900s6728%
1910s6619%
1920s126715%
1930s87410%
1940s1711513%
1950s298625%
1960s176122%
1970s327131%
1980s348728%
1990s337830%
2000s114918%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 17,165 in 2019-09.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-066,275
2026-057,588
2026-047,205
2026-0310,248
2026-026,782
2026-019,160
2025-1210,223
2025-1111,030
2025-1011,107
2025-0913,907
2025-0811,480
2025-077,429
2025-066,174
2025-057,781
2025-047,498
2025-038,752
2025-027,893
2025-019,527
2024-1210,162
2024-1110,026
2024-1010,255
2024-0916,440
2024-0810,094
2024-077,962
2024-067,331
2024-058,538
2024-049,012
2024-0312,861
2024-029,733
2024-0112,777
2023-1212,488
2023-1112,582
2023-1011,477
2023-0916,088
2023-0814,773
2023-0710,338
2023-069,798
2023-0510,259
2023-049,314
2023-0311,192
2023-029,837
2023-0111,544
2022-1211,436
2022-1113,032
2022-1012,559
2022-0917,152
2022-0813,662
2022-0711,640
2022-068,901
2022-059,279
2022-049,630
2022-0310,388
2022-029,408
2022-0111,067
2021-1210,482
2021-1112,115
2021-1012,771
2021-0913,011
2021-0813,642
2021-0713,214
2021-068,058
2021-058,404
2021-048,871
2021-039,879
2021-027,909
2021-019,702
2020-1210,428
2020-1111,622
2020-1011,141
2020-099,284
2020-0810,452
2020-078,166
2020-067,471
2020-0511,016
2020-0413,384
2020-0311,322
2020-0211,701
2020-0114,137
2019-1215,123
2019-1114,929
2019-1015,112
2019-0917,165
2019-0812,585
2019-079,946
2019-069,497
2019-059,987
2019-0410,432
2019-0311,398
2019-029,964
2019-0111,871
2018-1212,009
2018-1113,978
2018-1015,245
2018-0915,866
2018-0812,573
2018-0710,672
2018-0610,348
2018-0511,851
2018-0411,628
2018-0312,358
2018-029,707
2018-0112,651
2017-1213,524
2017-1114,164
2017-1012,790
2017-0912,846
2017-0810,777
2017-079,065
2017-069,013
2017-0510,143
2017-049,827
2017-0311,216
2017-0210,671
2017-0110,958
2016-1211,459
2016-1113,050
2016-1013,812
2016-0915,772
2016-0810,288
2016-078,448
2016-069,479
2016-059,587
2016-049,823
2016-0310,843
2016-029,829
2016-0111,249
2015-1210,918
2015-1113,907
2015-1012,423
2015-0912,495
2015-089,635
2015-077,667

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • George Wells Beadle Medicine 1958
  • Donald J. Cram Chemistry 1987
  • Alan J. Heeger Chemistry 2000

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 12 portraits

Also recorded: Donald J. Cram, Richard Hamming, Jay Wright Forrester.

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • 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.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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