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Nebraska Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
Union Adventist University, has the lowest yield rate of 12.27% for academic year 2024-2025 in Nebraska. Nebraska Wesleyan University is positioned second with 16.18% yield and Hastings College follows them with 18%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in Nebraska.
Nebraska Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Union Adventist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLincoln, NE
12.27% 766 766 94 100.00%
2Nebraska Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLincoln, NE
16.18% 2,725 2,175 352 79.82%
3Hastings College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHastings, NE
17.73% 2,102 1,506 267 71.65%
4Creighton University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOmaha, NE
17.86% 7,907 6,306 1,126 79.75%
5University of Nebraska at Kearney
Public, four-yearsKearney, NE
18.51% 5,283 4,728 875 89.49%
6Doane University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCrete, NE
20.50% 1,254 1,229 252 98.01%
7Concordia University-Nebraska
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSeward, NE
25.13% 1,583 1,357 341 85.72%
8University of Nebraska at Omaha
Public, four-yearsOmaha, NE
26.31% 9,246 8,042 2,116 86.98%
9University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Public, four-yearsLincoln, NE
29.79% 17,841 15,609 4,650 87.49%
10Midland University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFremont, NE
31.39% 1,402 927 291 66.12%