College · Private nonprofit · Bellevue, NE · Suburb
Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$58k
Net price / yr$18k
Undergrad size10,220
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $18k/yr for a shot at a $58k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
10,220 undergrads. Medium. Clubs matter for finding your people.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $24k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $18k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$94k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$70k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$24k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $9.9k
- Room & board
- $11.2k
- Books & supplies
- $1,250
How students pay for it.
Pell grants30%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans23%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention55%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr33%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$58k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$61k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out16%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 10,220
- Location
- Bellevue, NE
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · large · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White46%
- Hispanic17%
- Black16%
- Unknown14%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students45%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time34%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans2%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$34k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 52
What you can study.