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Most Favored Nebraska Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Nebraska. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
College of Saint Mary, has the highest yield rate of 94.62% for academic year 2022-2023 in Nebraska. York University is positioned second with 39.27% yield and Midland University follows them with 33%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Nebraska.
Most Favored Nebraska Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1College of Saint Mary
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOmaha, NE
94.62% 144 93 88 64.58%
2York University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsYork, NE
39.27% 480 275 108 57.29%
3Midland University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFremont, NE
33.44% 1,493 969 324 64.90%
4University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Public, four-yearsLincoln, NE
30.89% 19,102 15,022 4,640 78.64%
5University of Nebraska at Omaha
Public, four-yearsOmaha, NE
28.72% 9,506 8,162 2,344 85.86%
6Concordia University-Nebraska
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSeward, NE
22.98% 1,605 1,458 335 90.84%
7Nebraska Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLincoln, NE
18.54% 2,370 1,931 358 81.48%
8Hastings College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHastings, NE
17.45% 2,121 1,513 264 71.33%
9Creighton University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOmaha, NE
17.03% 7,977 6,038 1,028 75.69%
10Doane University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCrete, NE
16.21% 1,953 1,481 240 75.83%