Most Favored Nebraska Colleges

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.

York University, has the highest yield rate of 42.45% for academic year 2024-2025 in Nebraska. College of Saint Mary is positioned second with 35.29% yield and Midland University follows them with 31%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Nebraska.

Most Favored Nebraska Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	York University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsYork, NE	42.45%	613	318	135	51.88%
2	College of Saint Mary Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOmaha, NE	35.29%	533	238	84	44.65%
3	Midland University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFremont, NE	31.39%	1,402	927	291	66.12%
4	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Public, four-yearsLincoln, NE	29.79%	17,841	15,609	4,650	87.49%
5	University of Nebraska at Omaha Public, four-yearsOmaha, NE	26.31%	9,246	8,042	2,116	86.98%
6	Concordia University-Nebraska Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSeward, NE	25.13%	1,583	1,357	341	85.72%
7	Doane University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCrete, NE	20.50%	1,254	1,229	252	98.01%
8	University of Nebraska at Kearney Public, four-yearsKearney, NE	18.51%	5,283	4,728	875	89.49%
9	Creighton University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOmaha, NE	17.86%	7,907	6,306	1,126	79.75%
10	Hastings College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHastings, NE	17.73%	2,102	1,506	267	71.65%

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Most Favored Nebraska Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

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