by our College Data Analytics TeamWith all of the options you have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Top Nebraska Colleges ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
After analyzing 19 schools in Nebraska, we came up with our list of those that offered the highest quality education. To come up with this ranking, we look at more than 20 factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include freshman retention, graduation rate, student-to-faculty ratio, and post graduate earnings, among other things.
Find out more about our ranking methodology.
We've developed a number of other tools and rankings to help you make your college decision. Start by filtering this list by location or field of study and then explore our other rankings that feature schools great for different groups of students such as veterans or returnings adults.
We've created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you're torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another!
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our 2025 rankings named Creighton University the best school in Nebraska in terms of overall quality for students working on their bachelor’s degree.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The average salary of a graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Creighton is $73,911 during the early years of their career.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Nebraska.
The average salary of a graduate with a bachelor’s degree from UNL is $56,887 during the early years of their career.
A rank of #3 on our Best Colleges in Nebraska list means Bellevue University is a great place for students working on their bachelor’s degree.
During the early years of their career, graduates from Bellevue University make an average of $61,289 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Saint Mary. It ranked #4 on our 2025 Best Colleges in Nebraska list.
With a student-to-faculty rate of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. During the early years of their career, graduates from Saint Mary make an average of $54,338 a year.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Metropolitan Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Nebraska.
Those who receive a bachelor’s degree from MCC go into careers with an average salary of $38,773 during the early years of their career.
Southeast Community College Area ranked #6 on this year’s Best Colleges in Nebraska list.
Upon graduation, bachelor’s degree recipients go on to jobs making an average salary of $43,405 during the early years of their career..
With a ranking of #7, University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well on the 2025 Best Colleges in Nebraska list.
The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1% Upon graduation, bachelor’s degree recipients go on to jobs making an average salary of $53,909 during the early years of their career..
With a ranking of #8, Concordia University, Nebraska did quite well on the 2025 Best Colleges in Nebraska list.
Those who receive a bachelor’s degree from Concordia University, Nebraska go into careers with an average salary of $52,415 during the early years of their career.
Wayne State College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Colleges in Nebraska list.
The average salary of a graduate with a bachelor’s degree from WSC is $47,075 during the early years of their career.
Northeast Community College did quite well in the 2025 Best Colleges in Nebraska ranking, coming in at #10.
Upon graduation, bachelor’s degree recipients go on to jobs making an average salary of $42,634 during the early years of their career..
With a ranking of #11, University of Nebraska at Kearney did quite well on the 2025 Best Colleges in Nebraska list.
Graduates with a bachelor’s degree from UNK make an average of $50,105 per year during the early years of their career.
Central Community College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges in Nebraska ranking.
During the early years of their career, graduates from Central Community College make an average of $39,429 a year.
Nebraska Wesleyan University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges in Nebraska ranking.
Those who receive a bachelor’s degree from NWU go into careers with an average salary of $56,405 during the early years of their career.
Midland University did quite well in the 2025 Best Colleges in Nebraska ranking, coming in at #14.
During the early years of their career, graduates from Midland U make an average of $52,163 a year.
With a ranking of #15, Mid-Plains Community College did quite well on the 2025 Best Colleges in Nebraska list.
The average salary of a graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Mid-Plains Community College is $40,059 during the early years of their career.
With a ranking of #16, Chadron State College did quite well on the 2025 Best Colleges in Nebraska list.
Graduates with a bachelor’s degree from Chadron State College make an average of $47,002 per year during the early years of their career.
Union College Nebraska landed the #17 spot on the 2025 Best Colleges in Nebraska ranking.
The impressive student-to-faculty rate of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. During the early years of their career, graduates from Union College make an average of $55,045 a year.
Peru State College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges in Nebraska ranking.
Graduates with a bachelor’s degree from Peru State make an average of $47,071 per year during the early years of their career.
Doane University landed the #19 spot on the 2025 Best Colleges in Nebraska ranking.
Upon graduation, bachelor’s degree recipients go on to jobs making an average salary of $53,316 during the early years of their career..
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Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 19 schools only.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.