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University of Nebraska - Lincoln Overview

University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is University of Nebraska - Lincoln Known For?

4,573 Undergraduate Awards
$32,324 Avg Cost After Aid
79% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at UNL is the doctor's degree.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 84% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from UNL makes roughly $56,887 a year. This is 39% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is University of Nebraska - Lincoln?

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Contact details for UNL are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1400 R Street, Lincoln, NE 68588-0419
Phone: 402-472-7211
Website: www.unl.edu

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How Do I Get Into UNL?

You can apply to UNL online at: https://admissions.unl.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for UNL

Submission Required?
High School GPA 5
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 5

How Hard Is It To Get Into UNL?

79% Acceptance Rate
56% Of Accepted Are Women
8% Submit SAT Scores
UNL has an acceptance rate of 79%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 8% of students accepted to UNL submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 670. Math scores were between 550 and 670.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Nebraska - Lincoln  ( 560 to 670 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Nebraska - Lincoln  ( 550 to 670 )
200
800
UNL received ACT scores from 87% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 27. Math scores were between 21 and 0. Composite scores were between 22 and 28.

ACT English Scores for University of Nebraska - Lincoln  ( 21 to 27 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Nebraska - Lincoln  ( 22 to 28 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of Nebraska - Lincoln?

$32,324 Net Price
40% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UNL is $32,324. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UNL, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $6,553 a year. That adds up to $26,212 over four years for those students.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln Undergraduate Student Diversity

18,949 Full-Time Undergraduates
49% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 20,286 undergraduate students at UNL, with 18,949 being full-time and 1,337 being part-time.

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There are also 4,822 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 18,949 full-time undergraduates at UNL, 51% are male and 49% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Nebraska - Lincoln students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 617
Black or African American 519
Hispanic or Latino 1,528
White 14,300
International Students 1,133
Other Races/Ethnicities 852

Geographic Diversity

Nebraska students aren't the only ones who study at University of Nebraska - Lincoln. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 110 countries are represented at UNL. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Malaysia, and India.

University of Nebraska - Lincoln Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 371 32 168 0 571
General Psychology 249 0 8 13 270
Public Relations & Advertising 226 19 0 0 245
Finance & Financial Management 237 2 4 0 243
Marketing 181 9 0 0 190
Accounting 138 0 45 0 183
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 146 1 20 0 167
Teacher Education Grade Specific 162 0 0 0 162
General Biology 137 0 5 19 161
Mechanical Engineering 137 0 12 6 155
Computer Science 123 0 21 10 154
Family & Consumer Economics 151 0 0 0 151
Teacher Education Subject Specific 112 3 27 0 142
Journalism 89 2 43 0 134
Civil Engineering 102 0 23 8 133
Law 0 0 0 128 128
Natural Resources Conservation 91 0 14 8 113
Mathematics 87 0 9 10 106
Animal Science 81 0 17 7 105
Educational Administration 0 0 54 48 102
Architectural Sciences & Technology 65 0 29 0 94
Political Science & Government 80 0 4 6 90
Communication Sciences 40 0 35 8 83
Plant Sciences 50 0 17 15 82
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 77 0 1 4 82
Agricultural Economics & Business 81 0 0 0 81
General English Literature 59 0 7 6 72
Computer Engineering 70 0 0 0 70
Other Agriculture 69 0 0 0 69
General Engineering 0 7 50 12 69
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 64 2 1 0 67
Special Education 40 5 22 0 67
Food Science Technology 38 1 20 7 66
Economics 45 0 12 9 66
Architectural Engineering 26 0 27 3 56
Electrical Engineering 41 0 10 3 54
Music 23 0 13 16 52
Chemical Engineering 41 0 2 2 45
Design & Applied Arts 45 0 0 0 45
Biological Engineering 39 0 0 5 44
General Agriculture 12 0 31 0 43
Construction Engineering Technology 43 0 0 0 43
Communication & Media Studies 36 0 1 5 42
Chemistry 25 1 2 14 42
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 41 0 0 0 41
Curriculum & Instruction 0 4 37 0 41
Fine & Studio Arts 29 0 11 0 40
Hospitality Management 39 0 0 0 39
Sociology 32 1 0 5 38
Security Science and Technology 37 0 0 0 37
Interior Architecture 35 0 0 0 35
History 27 0 2 5 34
Textile & Apparel Studies 26 4 1 0 31
Anthropology 16 9 6 0 31
Physics 13 0 7 10 30
Educational Assessment 0 6 23 0 29
Zoology 5 0 20 3 28
Construction Management 28 0 0 0 28
International Studies 27 0 0 0 27
Romance Languages 25 0 0 0 25
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 24 0 24
Geological & Earth Sciences 14 0 6 2 22
General Visual & Performing Arts 22 0 0 0 22
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 10 0 11 21
International Business 20 0 0 0 20
Statistics 0 0 11 9 20
Drama & Theater Arts 13 0 6 0 19
Agricultural Engineering 5 0 12 0 17
Agricultural Public Services 16 0 0 0 16
Urban & Regional Planning 0 1 15 0 16
Horticulture 12 3 0 0 15
Philosophy 12 0 0 3 15
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 15 0 0 0 15
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs 14 0 0 0 14
Botany/Plant Biology 10 0 2 2 14
Soil Sciences 13 0 0 0 13
Other Education 0 0 0 11 11
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 6 5 11
Liberal Arts General Studies 2 8 0 0 10
Geography & Cartography 6 0 4 0 10
Landscape Architecture 9 0 0 0 9
Business/Managerial Economics 9 0 0 0 9
Germanic Languages 9 0 0 0 9
Allied Health Professions 9 0 0 0 9
Agricultural Mechanization 8 0 0 0 8
Human Resource Management 0 8 0 0 8
Ethnic Studies 8 0 0 0 8
Legal Research 0 0 7 1 8
Legal Professions (Other) 5 0 3 0 8
Construction Engineering 4 2 1 0 7
Classical & Ancient Studies 7 0 0 0 7
Environmental Engineering 2 0 4 0 6
Dance 6 0 0 0 6
Teaching English or French 0 5 0 0 5
Engineering Technology (Other) 0 0 5 0 5
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 0 4 4
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 0 4 4
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 4 0 0 0 4
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 4 0 0 0 4
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 3 0 0 3
Electronics Engineering Technology 0 0 3 0 3
Nutrition Science 0 0 0 3 3
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 3 3
Child Development & Psychology 0 3 0 0 3
General Architecture 1 0 1 0 2
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 0 2 2
Forestry 2 0 0 0 2
Natural Resource Management 2 0 0 0 2
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 1 0 0 0 1
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 1 0 0 1
Data Analytics 0 1 0 0 1
Social Work 0 1 0 0 1
Food Processing 0 0 0 0 0
General Sales & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0
Mechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0 0
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 0 0 0 0
Data Science 0 0 0 0 0
Public Policy 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4,573 154 971 455 6,153

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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