Top colleges in Nebraska by 10-year ROI
Executive Summary
Bachelor’s-predominant institutions located in Nebraska with at least 200 students, sorted by the same 10-year ROI estimate used nationally. Clarkson College leads this list at $224,764 (10 Yr. ROI).
Leaders: top 3
Clarkson College
10 Yr. ROI
$224,764
Bellevue University
10 Yr. ROI
$209,018
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health
10 Yr. ROI
$207,681
Top 19 Top colleges in Nebraska by 10-year ROI
| Rank | Institution | State | Control | Enrollment | 10 Yr. ROI | Also see |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clarkson College | NE | Private nonprofit | 622 | $224,764 | Grad 46.7% · Net $19,241 |
| 2 | Bellevue University | NE | Private nonprofit | 10,220 | $209,018 | Grad 33.0% · Net $17,550 |
| 3 | Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health | NE | Private nonprofit | 781 | $207,681 | Grad 59.5% · Net $21,863 |
| 4 | Bryan College of Health Sciences | NE | Private nonprofit | 553 | $202,900 | Grad 70.0% · Net $26,919 |
| 5 | College of Saint Mary | NE | Private nonprofit | 445 | $196,494 | Grad 60.5% · Net $16,590 |
| 6 | Creighton University | NE | Private nonprofit | 4,348 | $186,390 | Grad 83.4% · Net $31,568 |
| 7 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | NE | Public | 11,488 | $183,666 | Grad 47.1% · Net $13,441 |
| 8 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | NE | Public | 19,178 | $174,178 | Grad 67.0% · Net $17,747 |
| 9 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | NE | Private nonprofit | 1,453 | $170,103 | Grad 66.1% · Net $18,327 |
| 10 | Peru State College | NE | Public | 1,092 | $157,664 | Grad 37.6% · Net $11,632 |
| 11 | Chadron State College | NE | Public | 1,540 | $156,240 | Grad 50.4% · Net $12,549 |
| 12 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | NE | Public | 4,088 | $154,827 | Grad 57.7% · Net $16,242 |
| 13 | Wayne State College | NE | Public | 3,010 | $142,522 | Grad 52.1% · Net $15,360 |
| 14 | Union Adventist University | NE | Private nonprofit | 471 | $134,663 | Grad 52.3% · Net $23,716 |
| 15 | Hastings College | NE | Private nonprofit | 891 | $119,754 | Grad 48.9% · Net $24,452 |
| 16 | Concordia University-Nebraska | NE | Private nonprofit | 1,283 | $119,584 | Grad 64.9% · Net $23,965 |
| 17 | Doane University | NE | Private nonprofit | 978 | $117,556 | Grad 57.1% · Net $26,364 |
| 18 | Midland University | NE | Private nonprofit | 1,159 | $113,431 | Grad 42.1% · Net $26,267 |
| 19 | York University | NE | Private nonprofit | 428 | $95,668 | Grad 52.2% · Net $20,951 |
Method notes
- Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to the IPEDS 2024 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
- Cohort applied on this page: enrollment floor of 200 undergraduates; sorted highest first on 10 Yr. ROI; all 19 qualifying campuses are shown.
- Ties on the ranked metric are broken by enrollment, then institution name, so ranks stay stable between rebuilds.
- ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
- How the 10-year ROI figure is built: median earnings reported 6, 8, and 10 years after entry (years 7 and 9 linearly interpolated) are summed across years 6–10, then average annual net price × typical years enrolled (five for bachelor’s-predominant campuses) is subtracted. It is a nominal-dollar gap—not discounted to present value, and it does not subtract earnings foregone while enrolled or compare against a no-college baseline. Campuses reporting only one of the three earnings years are excluded from these tables.
- School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.