Largest Nebraska Colleges and Universities

Largest Nebraska Colleges with Most Enrollment

University of Nebraska-Lincoln has the most students of 24,393 for the academic year 2024-2025 in Nebraska. University of Nebraska at Omaha is ranked second with 14,972 students and Bellevue University follows them with 14,667 students.

Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. The following table compares the schools that have most students by gender.

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Largest Nebraska Colleges with Most Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Public, four-yearsLincoln, NE	24,393	12,314	12,079
2	University of Nebraska at Omaha Public, four-yearsOmaha, NE	14,972	8,534	6,438
3	Bellevue University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBellevue, NE	14,667	8,090	6,577
4	Creighton University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOmaha, NE	8,581	5,095	3,486
5	University of Nebraska at Kearney Public, four-yearsKearney, NE	5,881	3,787	2,094
6	Wayne State College Public, four-yearsWayne, NE	4,666	2,826	1,840
7	Concordia University-Nebraska Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSeward, NE	3,479	1,913	1,566
8	Chadron State College Public, four-yearsChadron, NE	2,098	1,389	709
9	Doane University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCrete, NE	1,985	1,153	832
10	Nebraska Wesleyan University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLincoln, NE	1,654	928	726
11	Midland University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFremont, NE	1,558	766	792
12	Peru State College Public, four-yearsPeru, NE	1,492	840	652
13	Hastings College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHastings, NE	956	481	475
14	College of Saint Mary Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOmaha, NE	786	683	103
15	Union Adventist University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLincoln, NE	729	438	291
16	York University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsYork, NE	532	264	268

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