by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
University of Nebraska at Kearney was awarded 21 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, UNK is ranked #1,076 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
UNK also holds the #11 spot on the Best Colleges in Nebraska ranking.
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University of Nebraska at Kearney has an acceptance rate of 86%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for UNK.
About 4% of students accepted to UNK submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 600. Math scores were between 510 and 600.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, University of Nebraska at Kearney is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Nebraska at Kearney is 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 74% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Nebraska at Kearney enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At UNK this rate is 33%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,385 undergraduates at UNK with 3,795 being full-time and 590 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,677 | $14,929 | $16,464 | $19,605 | $21,068 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UNK, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UNK, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $6,618 a year. That adds up to $26,472 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UNK are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2504 9Th Avenue, Kearney, NE 68849-1212 |
| Phone: | 308-865-8441 |
| Website: | www.unk.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 198 | $48,861 |
| General Biology | 124 | NA |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 111 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 111 | $38,853 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 91 | $42,001 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 66 | $29,471 |
| Student Counseling | 57 | NA |
| Special Education | 56 | NA |
| Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies | 53 | $28,241 |
| Educational Administration | 51 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 4,302 students took at least one online class at University of Nebraska at Kearney. This is a decrease from the 4,565 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,302 | 2,358 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,565 | 2,457 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,470 | 2,327 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,864 | 1,997 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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