Admissions & selectivity
University of Nebraska at Omaha Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Nebraska at Omaha?
University of Nebraska at Omaha’s reported acceptance rate is 87.0%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 87.0%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
University of Nebraska at Omaha admitted 87.0% of applicants, above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The rate describes the reported outcome for an applicant pool, rather than an individual admission decision.
What SAT and ACT scores do University of Nebraska at Omaha students report?
University of Nebraska at Omaha's available score profile centers on an ACT range that describes recent enrolled score submitters, not a required threshold for admission. Among enrolled students who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored from 19 to 26, spanning the twenty-fifth through seventy-fifth percentiles.
Applicants should use the university's own 19 through 26 ACT range as context for submitted scores, while recognizing that it does not set a minimum score for admission. The range offers a reference point for comparing an applicant's result with those of enrolled ACT submitters.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Nebraska at Omaha. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- 25th percentile
- 19
- 75th percentile
- 26
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at University of Nebraska at Omaha?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34.6%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 34.9%
- First-year retention
- 77.9%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
University of Nebraska at Omaha enrolls undergraduates through both direct entry and transfer pathways, with federal grant aid reaching a substantial part of the undergraduate population. Undergraduate enrollment is 11,488, and 34.6% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants.
An estimated 34.9% enter after beginning coursework elsewhere, so the student body includes a visible transfer presence alongside students entering on other routes. These figures describe enrollment composition rather than admission priorities.
The mix of Pell recipients and estimated transfer-in enrollment suggests several routes into the university, rather than one single entry pattern.
For enrolled students, the central concern is carrying early persistence through to a degree, since both measures fall below the middle result at comparable institutions. University of Nebraska at Omaha retains 77.9% of its full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year cohort, versus a peer median—the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size)—of 83.1%.
Its first-time full-time cohort has a six-year graduation rate of 47.1%, below the peer median of 65.0%. Pell recipients complete within six years at 45.7%, below the overall rate by 1.4 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect persistence and completion to be tracked as distinct measures. The below-peer retention and graduation figures point in the same direction, alongside lower Pell completion.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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