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University of Nebraska at Omaha

NE · Public · Large city · 9,889 applicants 2023

R2 Research
87% admit rate $19,466/yr at $110k+ income

🧭 A parent's read

  • The major moves the money more than the admit letter. Computer grads from here earn about $114,504 four years out; music grads about $42,768 — a 2.7× spread on the same diploma. Have the major conversation before you deposit, not after.
  • The payoff holds even at full price: roughly 6× over a decade. With no aid at all — the full in-state ~$21,120/yr — a decade of median earnings (~$53,909/yr) still runs about 6× the four-year cost. This payoff doesn't depend on qualifying for anything. (Out-of-state costs more.)
  • Worth asking: the four-year finish rate. Only 47% finish in four years here. Ask what drives that — course availability, transfers, work loads — because a fifth year is a real cost few families budget for.

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🎯 Parent/student verdict

Likely

Accessible for most applicants. Affordable for in-state families — net price averages ~$13,441/yr. Major value play for in-state residents.

✅ Best for

  • In-state residents (tuition ~$8,718 — major value play)
  • Students drawn to Business, Management, & Marketing or Liberal Arts, Humanities, & General Studies (the two biggest majors)
  • Research-curious students (R2 — active research output)

🎯 The reality

  • Bottom-quartile academic profile if: ACT below 18 (admitted-class quartiles; GPA floor is a calibrated heuristic where CDS not yet on file)
  • Out-of-state tuition is 2.7× the in-state rate

Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.

🏛️ Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
R2: Doctoral - High Research Activity
Total enrollment
11,488
10,000 - 19,999
In-state tuitionThe published full price before any aid. Families who don't qualify for need-based aid — common above ~$110K income — pay this, minus any merit scholarships.
$8,718
sticker, before aid
Out-of-state tuition
$23,206
+$14,488 vs in-state
Admit rateThe share of applicants a college accepts. Useful context, but your student's odds depend on their own grades and scores, not the average.
86.9%
Accepts the majority
ACT middle 50%The middle half of enrolled students scored in this range — a quarter scored BELOW the low end and still got in, and a quarter scored above the high end. Above the top number is a genuine strength; below the bottom isn't automatic rejection.
18–26
composite
Test policy
Required
2023
10-yr earningsMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$53,909
median, after entry

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

📊 Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$45,494
Earnings, 10 yrs after entryMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$53,909
4-year completionThe share of students who finish a bachelor's in four years. Nationally barely half do — and a fifth year quietly adds a full extra year of cost to the real price.
47%
Median debt (completers)The federal-loan balance of the typical graduating borrower. Families who pay cash aren't counted, so read it as "among those who borrowed."
$19,000

💰 The real cost

What families at your income actually pay

Above $110K income — where most Reach families sit — aid-receiving families average $19,466/yr at University of Nebraska at Omaha; families who don't qualify for aid pay the full ~$21,120/yr. Lower brackets pay less — the full ladder is below. One caveat, once: every bracket figure here averages only the families in that bracket who received aid — it says nothing about whether your family will qualify.

🔎 Earning over $110K? You're above the top federal bracket — the median family headed by a 45-to-54-year-old (the prime college-parent years) earned about $134K in 2024, and the federal data lumps everyone from $110K to $1M+ into one row.

Whether you'll get need aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats. at this income is entirely college-specific: a few heavily-endowed schools meet full need well past $150K, while many others give little above the brackets shown — there, merit scholarships, where offered, become the realistic lever.

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Family income $110k+ most Reach families
$19,466/yr
Family income $75-110k
$15,540/yr
Family income $48-75k
$12,324/yr
Family income $30-48k
$10,614/yr
Family income $0-30k
$10,534/yr

📈 The payoffTen years of typical earnings divided by four years of cost. A 3× means a decade of median pay covers the cost three times over — check both the full-price and with-aid versions to see which applies to you., both ways

6.4× at full price 10.0× with aid
Full price, no aidThe all-in yearly price — tuition, housing, food, books, fees — before any aid. This is the real "full price," not just the tuition line. (4 yrs, in-state)
$84,480
~$21,120/yr all-in (out-of-state runs higher)
Aid recipients pay (4 yrs)
$53,764
$13,441/yr average
10-yr earnings total
$539,090
$53,909/yr median, 10 yrs out
Years to recoup the cost
1.6 yrs
at full price (1.0 with aid), at the median earnings rate

Source: College Scorecard (NPT41–NPT45; Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates; suppressed brackets = small cohorts; the $110K+ ceiling is a federal data limitation — the brackets haven't been refreshed since the early 2010s). Payoff multiple = (10-yr median earnings × 10) ÷ (4-yr cost); full price is the published cost of attendance, largely in-state for publics; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.

📚 What students study here

Most popular majors at University of Nebraska at Omaha

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what University of Nebraska at Omaha actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Business, Management, & Marketing
394 degrees · 28.6%
Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.
2. Liberal Arts, Humanities, & General Studies
306 degrees · 22.2%
Flexible degree → many paths. Real outcomes depend on the second skill (data, coding, teaching cert).
3. Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, & Firefighting
273 degrees · 19.8%
Public-sector careers in law enforcement, corrections, security. Strong pensions, modest base.
4. Computer & Information Sciences
205 degrees · 14.9%
High-paying tech roles dominate. Median software roles cluster in the $90k-$130k range.
5. Education
201 degrees · 14.6%
Teaching is the largest path. Salary depends heavily on district + state.

💼 What those majors earn here

Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — University of Nebraska at Omaha's own graduates, not national averages.

Major (CIP) Credential Cohort 1-yr earnings 4-yr earnings
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. Bachelor's Degree 39 $79,671 $114,504
Computer Science. Bachelor's Degree 84 $73,971 $107,248
Construction Management. Bachelor's Degree — $76,132 $95,682
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. Bachelor's Degree — $72,389 $92,565
Architectural Engineering. Bachelor's Degree — — $84,938
Information Science/Studies. Bachelor's Degree 36 $58,757 $82,883
Civil Engineering. Bachelor's Degree — $68,574 $78,663
Air Transportation. Bachelor's Degree 36 $42,837 $75,314
Business Administration, Management and Operations. Bachelor's Degree 87 $50,069 $68,065
Mathematics. Bachelor's Degree 44 $58,995 $65,245

Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →

🤖 AI program signal

AI + computing education at University of Nebraska at Omaha

CS degrees (annual)
127
CIP 11.0701 + 11.0101

Full multi-lens comparison: /ai-colleges →

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