University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska · Public

Of 84 assessed programs, 83 leave graduates out-earning a typical Nebraska high-school graduate (about $36,976/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 178 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$12,751
$30k to $48k	$13,054
$48k to $75k	$14,699
$75k to $110k	$18,975
$110k and up	$22,346
All families (average)	$17,747

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

84 of 262 programs could be assessed 32% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Nebraska high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$67,918	+$30,942	clears the bar	$21,500	0.7 yrs	324
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	$61,145	+$24,169	clears the bar	$22,102	0.9 yrs	239
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$49,965	+$12,989	clears the bar	$21,500	1.7 yrs	237
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$77,504	+$40,528	clears the bar	$19,500	0.5 yrs	226
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$138,487	+$101,511	clears the bar	$35,126	0.3 yrs	182
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Bachelor's Degree	$61,092	+$24,116	clears the bar	$23,865	1.0 yrs	163
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$74,165	+$37,189	clears the bar	$21,500	0.6 yrs	150
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$48,305	+$11,329	clears the bar	$20,544	1.8 yrs	141
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$51,293	+$14,317	clears the bar	$21,907	1.5 yrs	139
Law	First Professional Degree	$90,759	+$53,783	clears the bar	$54,456	1.0 yrs	137
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$78,760	+$41,784	clears the bar	$21,281	0.5 yrs	132
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$88,972	+$51,996	clears the bar	$20,767	0.4 yrs	130
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$64,930	+$27,954	clears the bar	$25,000	0.9 yrs	125
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$48,046	+$11,070	clears the bar	$22,185	2.0 yrs	116
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$46,817	+$9,841	clears the bar	$23,071	2.3 yrs	101
Animal Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$49,193	+$12,217	clears the bar	$20,645	1.7 yrs	99
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$63,466	+$26,490	clears the bar	$21,500	0.8 yrs	97
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$116,221	+$79,245	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	93
Agricultural Business and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$65,312	+$28,336	clears the bar	$18,250	0.6 yrs	92
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$81,620	+$44,644	clears the bar	$25,000	0.6 yrs	90
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$103,934	+$66,958	clears the bar	$20,240	0.3 yrs	83
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$79,251	+$42,275	clears the bar	$19,490	0.5 yrs	81
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$64,521	+$27,545	clears the bar	$19,300	0.7 yrs	75
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$53,618	+$16,642	clears the bar	$20,990	1.3 yrs	72
English	Bachelor's Degree	$48,785	+$11,809	clears the bar	$21,903	1.9 yrs	65
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	Bachelor's Degree	$88,628	+$51,652	clears the bar	$22,250	0.4 yrs	58
Hospitality Management	Bachelor's Degree	$53,777	+$16,801	clears the bar	$21,412	1.3 yrs	58
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$63,853	+$26,877	clears the bar	$22,104	0.8 yrs	56
Management Science	Bachelor's Degree	$96,087	+$59,111	clears the bar	$24,000	0.4 yrs	55
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$100,972	+$63,996	clears the bar	$21,422	0.3 yrs	53
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$38,585 1-year earnings	+$1,609	clears the bar	$21,500	13.4 yrs	52
Plant Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$61,946	+$24,970	clears the bar	$18,875	0.8 yrs	51
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$60,420	+$23,444	clears the bar	$15,750	0.7 yrs	51
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$76,741	+$39,765	clears the bar	$20,000	0.5 yrs	46
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$83,175	+$46,199	clears the bar	$19,500	0.4 yrs	46
Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$62,700	+$25,724	clears the bar	$25,260	1.0 yrs	45
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$61,308	+$24,332	clears the bar	$37,137	1.5 yrs	45
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	$53,319	+$16,343	clears the bar	$20,250	1.2 yrs	44
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$59,017	+$22,041	clears the bar	$21,150	1.0 yrs	42
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$45,674	+$8,698	clears the bar	$15,606	1.8 yrs	40
Accounting	Master's Degree	$92,988	+$56,012	clears the bar	$12,500	0.2 yrs	39
Engineering, General	Master's Degree	$128,974	+$91,998	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
Human Development and Family Studies	Master's Degree	$56,989	+$20,013	clears the bar	$31,568	1.6 yrs	36
History	Bachelor's Degree	$47,944	+$10,968	clears the bar	$20,880	1.9 yrs	34
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Bachelor's Degree	$62,095	+$25,119	clears the bar	$24,020	1.0 yrs	33
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$41,549	+$4,573	clears the bar	$21,500	4.7 yrs	32
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$47,592	+$10,616	clears the bar	$25,500	2.4 yrs	29
Journalism	Master's Degree	$73,130	+$36,154	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Agriculture, General	Master's Degree	$50,894 1-year earnings	+$13,918	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$90,552	+$53,576	clears the bar	$61,714	1.2 yrs	26
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$60,001	+$23,025	clears the bar	$20,000	0.9 yrs	26
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$47,534 1-year earnings	+$10,558	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Interior Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$62,201	+$25,225	clears the bar	$24,250	1.0 yrs	25
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$88,067	+$51,091	clears the bar	$27,210	0.5 yrs	25
International/Globalization Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$54,106	+$17,130	clears the bar	$20,500	1.2 yrs	25
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$75,784	+$38,808	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Plant Sciences	Master's Degree	$73,346	+$36,370	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Agricultural Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$96,908	+$59,932	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$47,990	+$11,014	clears the bar	$23,250	2.1 yrs	23
Agricultural Mechanization	Bachelor's Degree	$74,003	+$37,027	clears the bar	$23,500	0.6 yrs	22
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Master's Degree	$58,509	+$21,533	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Apparel and Textiles	Bachelor's Degree	$51,654	+$14,678	clears the bar	$26,000	1.8 yrs	20
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$47,485	+$10,509	clears the bar	$18,386	1.7 yrs	20
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$44,825	+$7,849	clears the bar	$22,500	2.9 yrs	20
Special Education	Master's Degree	$57,549	+$20,573	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Zoology/Animal Biology	Master's Degree	$76,344	+$39,368	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Animal Sciences	Master's Degree	$90,085	+$53,109	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$42,635	+$5,659	clears the bar	$17,500	3.1 yrs	16
Music	Doctoral Degree	$60,133	+$23,157	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Music	Master's Degree	$53,139	+$16,163	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Agriculture, General	Bachelor's Degree	$52,997	+$16,021	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	Bachelor's Degree	$59,376	+$22,400	clears the bar	$22,648	1.0 yrs	13
Classical and Ancient Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$40,615	+$3,639	clears the bar	$24,000	6.6 yrs	13
Security Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	$58,037	+$21,061	clears the bar	$25,125	1.2 yrs	13
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	Master's Degree	$65,905	+$28,929	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	$71,752	+$34,776	clears the bar	$25,209	0.7 yrs	10
Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$96,534	+$59,558	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$105,900	+$68,924	clears the bar	$38,100	0.6 yrs	10
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	$31,172 1-year earnings	-$5,804	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Agricultural Production Operations	Associate's Degree	$39,559	+$2,583	clears the bar	$11,314	4.4 yrs	insufficient data
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	$37,386	+$410	clears the bar	$12,000	29.3 yrs	insufficient data
Architecture	First Professional Degree	$69,607	+$32,631	clears the bar	$47,023	1.4 yrs	insufficient data
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$57,236	+$20,260	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Doctoral Degree	$83,816	+$46,840	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	81
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
Architectural Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Architectural Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Food Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Architectural Sciences and Technology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Construction Management	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Plant Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Engineering, General	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Education, Other	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Food Science and Technology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Civil Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Public Relations and Advertising	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Computer and Information Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Human Resources	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Agricultural Public Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Geology and Earth Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Construction Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Visual and Performing Arts, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Mechanical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
English	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$21,500	insufficient data	7
Natural Resources and Conservation	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Chemical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Counseling Psychology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Animal Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Food Science and Technology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Botany/Plant Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Agricultural Business and Management	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Agricultural Business and Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($36,976/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.