Enrollment (Fall 2023): 4,807
Degrees & Awards Granted (2023-24): 972
Quick Fact: There are roughly 16,000 Wayne State alumni living in the state of Nebraska. Of the remaining 10,000 alumni, the next three largest concentrations of alumni are in Iowa, South Dakota, Colorado and California.
Website: wsc.edu
Enrollment (Fall 2023): 15,015
Degrees & Awards Granted (2023-24): 3,471
Quick Fact: Military Times magazine ranked UNO as the most military-friendly university in the country in 2015 and 2016.
Website: unomaha.edu
Enrollment (Fall 2023): 23,986
Degrees & Awards Granted (2023-24): 5,471
Quick Fact: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln libraries are home to more than 2.6 million paper and electronic titles, including 454,000 electronic books and 62,500 electronic journals.
Website: unl.edu
Enrollment (Fall 2023): 9,799
Degrees & Awards Granted (2023-24): 2054
Quick Fact: The college’s Beatrice location includes a 900-acre laboratory farm, where students receive hands-on education in six focus areas.
Website: southeast.edu
Enrollment (Fall 2023): 1,638
Degrees & Awards Granted (2023-24): 332
Quick Fact: Peru State College was established in 1867 as Nebraska State Normal School, a teacher training school with one building and 60 students.
Website: peru.edu
Enrollment (Fall 2023): 5,595
Degrees & Awards Granted (2023-24): 1,018
Quick Fact: Northeast Nebraska College and Nebraska Technical College merged in 1973 to form Northeast Community College. Resident tuition and fees for a full-time student was $288 a year.
Website: northeast.edu
Enrollment (Fall 2023): 2,205
Degrees & Awards Granted (2023-24): 545
Quick Fact: While most of the college’s students hail from Nebraska, Chadron State also is home to students from 45 states and 32 countries.
Website: csc.edu
The Coordinating Commission has elected Carol Zink of Lincoln as its new chair, while W. Scott Wilson of Papillion was named vice chair. Both will serve a one-year term that began July 1.
The Coordinating Commission will meet this Thursday, June 25, at Chadron State College. The Commission typically meets seven or eight times a year and, because of its statewide role in higher education, attempts to meet on college campuses throughout Nebraska. Proposals for new academic programs and organizational units dominate the agenda at Chadron State.
