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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?

4,494 Undergraduate Awards
$32,324 Avg Cost After Aid
79% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at UNL is the doctor's degree.
  • In 2021-2022, 84% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from UNL makes roughly $55,689 a year. This is 36% 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

How Do I Get Into UNL?

You can apply to UNL online at: 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
36% 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 36% of students took out student loans averaging $6,439 a year. That adds up to $25,756 over four years for those students.

University of Nebraska - Lincoln Undergraduate Student Diversity

18,437 Full-Time Undergraduates
50% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 19,552 undergraduate students at UNL, with 18,437 being full-time and 1,115 being part-time.

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There are also 4,879 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 18,437 full-time undergraduates at UNL, 50% are male and 50% 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 673
Black or African American 502
Hispanic or Latino 1,526
White 14,050
International Students 821
Other Races/Ethnicities 865

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.

Online Learning at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

1,652 Took All Classes Online
14,852 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 14,852 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UNL has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 7th most popular in Nebraska for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UNL majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Business, Management & Marketing 1%
Construction Engineering 56%
Engineering 4%
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 1%
General Business Administration and Management 7%
General Engineering 14%
Legal Professions 14%
Management Science 67%
Range Science & Management 54%
Supply Chain Management 19%

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 324 39 182 0 545
General Psychology 237 0 20 10 267
Public Relations & Advertising 239 12 0 0 251
Finance & Financial Management 226 1 4 0 231
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 163 0 22 0 185
Teacher Education Subject Specific 139 12 30 0 181
Accounting 132 0 39 0 171
Mechanical Engineering 130 0 24 8 162
Marketing 150 2 0 0 152
Family & Consumer Economics 141 0 0 0 141
General Biology 125 0 1 13 139
Law 0 0 0 137 137
Computer Information Systems 93 0 25 12 130
Civil Engineering 90 0 26 13 129
Natural Resources Conservation 101 0 17 7 125
Animal Science 99 0 16 6 121
Teacher Education Grade Specific 116 0 0 0 116
Communication Sciences 51 0 45 9 105
Mathematics 81 0 13 10 104
Journalism 72 3 28 0 103
Agricultural Economics & Business 92 0 5 5 102
Political Science & Government 97 0 0 4 101
Plant Sciences 51 1 24 19 95
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 75 0 2 6 83
Educational Administration 0 1 56 26 83
Computer Engineering 83 0 0 0 83
General English Literature 65 0 10 8 83
Other Agriculture 81 0 0 0 81
Electrical Engineering 53 0 7 8 68
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 55 3 5 0 63
Architectural Engineering 31 0 27 4 62
Hospitality Management 58 0 0 0 58
Construction Engineering Technology 58 0 0 0 58
Special Education 29 8 19 0 56
General Engineering 0 2 37 17 56
Biological Engineering 46 0 0 9 55
Music 23 0 16 16 55
Design & Applied Arts 52 0 0 0 52
Chemistry 27 0 6 18 51
General Architecture 45 0 5 0 50
Food Science Technology 25 2 15 6 48
Sociology 40 0 4 4 48
Business/Managerial Economics 46 0 0 0 46
Communication & Media Studies 42 0 0 3 45
Curriculum & Instruction 0 1 44 0 45
History 34 0 5 4 43
Fine & Studio Arts 32 0 9 0 41
General Agriculture 14 0 26 0 40
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 36 0 36
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 33 0 0 0 33
Chemical Engineering 25 0 1 7 33
Physics 10 0 16 7 33
Anthropology 20 2 11 0 33
Educational Assessment 0 4 24 0 28
Agricultural Engineering 23 0 5 0 28
Economics 25 0 0 3 28
International Business 26 0 0 0 26
Romance Languages 26 0 0 0 26
Interior Architecture 25 0 0 0 25
Zoology 3 0 18 4 25
Textile & Apparel Studies 20 1 4 0 25
International Studies 25 0 0 0 25
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 0 24 0 24
Geological & Earth Sciences 12 0 11 0 23
Drama & Theater Arts 20 0 3 0 23
Agricultural Mechanization 22 0 0 0 22
Construction Management 22 0 0 0 22
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 12 7 19
Construction Engineering 10 3 5 0 18
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 7 0 10 17
Other Education 0 0 0 16 16
Ethnic Studies 16 0 0 0 16
Statistics 0 0 11 5 16
Geography & Cartography 6 0 5 4 15
Horticulture 13 1 0 0 14
Philosophy 11 0 3 0 14
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 10 3 13
Classical & Ancient Studies 13 0 0 0 13
Security Science and Technology 13 0 0 0 13
Human Resource Management 0 12 0 0 12
Computer Science 12 0 0 0 12
Allied Health Professions 12 0 0 0 12
Agricultural Public Services 11 0 0 0 11
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 11 0 0 0 11
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 9 0 0 0 9
General Visual & Performing Arts 9 0 0 0 9
Botany/Plant Biology 6 0 1 1 8
Liberal Arts General Studies 4 4 0 0 8
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs 7 0 0 0 7
Dance 7 0 0 0 7
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 6 0 6
Legal Research 0 0 5 1 6
Teaching English or French 0 5 0 0 5
Environmental Engineering 0 0 5 0 5
Germanic Languages 5 0 0 0 5
Soil Sciences 4 0 0 0 4
Natural Resource Management 4 0 0 0 4
Landscape Architecture 3 0 0 0 3
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 3 0 0 0 3
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 3 0 3
Nutrition Science 0 0 1 2 3
Food Processing 2 0 0 0 2
Engineering Technology (Other) 0 0 2 0 2
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 0 2 2
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 2 2
Forestry 2 0 0 0 2
Electronics Engineering Technology 0 0 1 0 1
Area Studies 1 0 0 0 1
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 0 0 0 0 0
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 0 0
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 0 0
General Sales & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0
Communications Technology 0 0 0 0 0
Mechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0 0
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 0 0 0 0
Data Analytics 0 0 0 0 0
Medieval Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
Social Work 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4,494 126 1,037 456 6,113

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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