FULL- AND PART-TIME FALL ENROLLMENT IN NEBRASKA HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Nebraska - Selected Years
Institution	Control of Institution	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Public Institutions Total		74,253	81,163	87,552	88,998	90,338	90,504	89,443	89,316	90,902	89,191	88,852	88,189	88,532	89,639	92,111	93,242	93,005	93,074	94,371	96,591	99,501	104,020
University of Nebraska		47,282	48,888	52,752	51,993	52,112	51,340	49,502	49,654	49,061	46,565	45,390	45,028	45,183	46,291	46,906	46,015	45,122	45,470	45,819	47,062	47,812	49,032
Univ. of Neb. - Lincoln	State Government	24,128	24,020	24,598	24,803	24,573	24,491	23,854	24,320	23,887	22,827	22,408	22,142	22,268	22,764	22,988	22,559	21,792	21,675	22,106	22,973	23,573	24,100
Univ. of Neb. - Omaha	State Government	13,707	13,789	15,811	15,986	16,227	15,897	15,051	14,691	14,474	13,710	13,274	13,264	13,479	14,143	14,451	13,997	13,824	14,093	13,906	14,156	14,213	14,620
Univ. of Neb. - Medical Center	State Government	2,499	2,354	2,444	2,631	2,759	2,703	2,778	2,770	2,718	2,618	2,599	2,590	2,696	2,724	2,819	2,865	2,904	2,995	3,067	3,128	3,194	3,237
Neb. Coll. of Tech. Ag. - Curtis	State Government	0	0	144	156	177	176	197	263	271	276	261	252	234	234	253	215	220	262	272	327	289	425
Univ. of Neb. - Kearney	State Government	6,948	8,725	9,899	8,573	8,374	8,045	7,584	7,620	7,680	7,133	6,849	6,780	6,506	6,426	6,395	6,379	6,382	6,445	6,468	6,478	6,543	6,650
Nebraska State Colleges		5,111	6,150	8,103	8,896	8,478	8,387	8,740	8,685	8,507	8,577	8,339	8,032	7,902	7,744	7,619	7,652	7,650	7,753	8,108	8,494	8,543	8,835
Chadron State College	State Government	1,887	2,169	3,065	3,413	3,190	3,021	3,189	3,063	2,905	2,931	2,809	2,767	2,686	2,804	2,712	2,711	2,569	2,472	2,577	2,660	2,649	2,712
Peru State College	State Government	912	1,312	1,526	1,558	1,527	1,601	1,665	1,754	1,774	1,807	1,695	1,664	1,698	1,629	1,687	1,624	1,683	1,959	2,124	2,307	2,328	2,492
Wayne State College	State Government	2,312	2,669	3,512	3,925	3,761	3,765	3,886	3,868	3,828	3,839	3,835	3,601	3,518	3,311	3,220	3,317	3,398	3,322	3,407	3,527	3,566	3,631
Nebraska Community Colleges		21,860	26,125	26,697	28,109	29,748	30,777	31,201	30,977	33,334	34,049	35,123	35,129	35,447	35,604	37,586	39,575	40,233	39,851	40,444	41,035	43,146	46,153
Central C.C. Area	Local Government	5,203	7,945	4,214	4,463	4,885	4,686	5,011	5,836	6,476	6,743	7,474	7,095	7,126	6,399	6,417	6,483	6,524	6,564	6,543	6,531	6,885	7,320
Metropolitan C.C. Area	Local Government	6,055	6,547	8,520	9,573	10,301	10,978	10,686	10,666	10,759	11,213	11,583	11,658	11,534	11,704	12,253	12,838	12,961	13,237	14,098	14,804	15,055	17,003
Mid Plains C.C. Area	Local Government	2,156	2,617	2,891	2,880	3,055	3,337	2,934	2,528	2,925	2,694	2,487	2,518	2,607	2,816	3,020	3,084	2,957	2,607	3,030	2,715	2,708	2,765
Northeast C.C. Area	Local Government	1,616	2,335	2,815	3,172	3,257	3,408	3,612	3,413	4,235	4,440	4,754	4,671	4,520	4,600	4,832	4,858	5,053	5,101	5,261	5,149	5,140	5,205
Southeast C.C. Area	Local Government	5,209	5,018	6,317	5,839	6,002	5,777	6,647	6,240	7,041	6,951	7,122	7,351	7,396	7,935	8,912	9,672	10,079	10,059	9,594	9,603	10,419	11,556
Western C.C. Area	Local Government	1,621	1,663	1,940	2,182	2,248	2,591	2,311	2,291	1,898	2,008	1,704	1,836	2,264	2,150	2,152	2,640	2,659	2,283	1,918	2,233	2,939	2,304
Independent Institutions Total		15,889	16,591	18,268	18,826	19,142	19,491	19,882	19,896	19,974	20,694	21,015	21,247	21,518	22,162	22,313	23,533	25,253	25,629	27,197	28,294	28,817	31,204
Bellevue University	Private Corporation	2,380	2,407	2,048	2,279	2,157	2,093	2,159	2,303	2,600	2,928	2,929	3,035	3,445	3,923	4,107	4,843	5,524	5,929	6,808	7,792	8,278	9,448
Bryan Mem. Hosp. Of Nursing	Private Institution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	204	242	305	369	381	397	493	500
Clarkson College	Private Institution	0	480	511	664	515	586	548	568	570	597	520	406	400	416	507	596	666	711	789	788	820	934
College of St. Mary	Roman Catholic Church	751	1,009	1,280	1,304	1,322	1,168	1,172	1,096	1,069	1,001	1,035	1,071	947	930	852	910	994	955	960	973	953	1,120
Concordia College	Lutheran Church, MO Syn.	1,084	858	818	861	870	916	1,014	1,153	1,104	1,190	1,241	1,158	1,270	1,366	1,425	1,205	1,379	1,330	1,251	1,279	1,344	1,717
Creighton University	Roman Catholic Church	5,614	5,927	6,168	6,140	6,225	6,341	6,424	6,241	6,158	6,292	6,235	6,325	6,237	6,297	6,327	6,537	6,722	6,791	6,981	6,992	7,051	7,385
Dana College	American Lutheran Church	560	414	507	501	536	611	646	661	613	594	552	538	583	565	580	582	639	673	602	634	546	596
Doane College	United Church of Christ	656	787	1,229	1,396	1,728	1,706	1,885	1,870	1,795	1,809	1,982	2,163	2,135	2,165	2,263	2,273	2,429	2,394	2,173	2,570	2,545	2,638
Grace University	Private Corporation	457	287	257	241	293	363	414	475	468	519	533	563	578	595	558	598	540	440	410	431	433	490
Hastings College	Presbyterian Church	832	825	965	968	963	1,010	1,019	1,052	1,071	1,059	1,138	1,148	1,130	1,108	1,078	1,113	1,153	1,189	1,137	1,138	1,153	1,154
Little Priest Tribal 2	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	155	146	130	154	109	95	120	116	141
Midland Lutheran College	Lutheran Church of America	861	801	960	1,003	962	1,017	1,019	1,030	1,062	1,033	1,034	1,036	1,025	991	953	944	947	926	932	827	803	716
Nebraska Christian College	Church of Christ	208	156	133	95	134	129	139	141	147	152	152	130	162	147	167	159	155	143	159	101	164	123
Nebraska Indian Comm. Coll.	NA	0	244	329	305	222	293	320	253	323	223	186	169	170	11	118	190	190	107	115	89	92	129
Nebraska Methodist College	Private Institution	0	0	364	460	474	468	375	359	385	413	445	414	400	380	343	421	529	565	587	592	589	672
Nebraska Wesleyan University	Private Corporation	1,193	1,285	1,691	1,659	1,734	1,705	1,600	1,582	1,562	1,709	1,741	1,675	1,699	1,719	1,688	1,840	1,953	2,016	2,068	2,107	2,086	2,093
Platte Valley Bible College	Private Corporation	45	24	54	43	39	49	59	68	68	75	54	51	52	54	46	48	38	52	43	51	41	35
Union College	Seventh Day Adventist Ch.	888	700	617	591	558	559	580	551	527	603	742	856	788	885	951	902	936	930	956	1,009	914	883
York College 1	Private Corporation	360	387	337	316	410	477	509	493	452	497	496	509	497	455	462	461	443	450	441	404	396	430
1 Two-year college.
2 No prior year numbers available.
Source: Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, A Factual Look at Higher Education in Nebraska, 2010
Last Updated:	11/23/2010
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov