College · Private nonprofit · Omaha, NE · City
Clarkson College
Omaha, NE
Religious affiliation
Admit rate78%
6-yr median pay$62k
Net price / yr$19k
Undergrad size622
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $19k/yr for a shot at a $62k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 78% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
622 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $25k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $19k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$99k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$77k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$22k
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
- $16.1k
- Room & board
- $12.1k
- Books & supplies
- $2,840
How students pay for it.
Pell grants40%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans81%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention69%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr47%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$62k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$65k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out40%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 622
- Location
- Omaha, NE
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White47%
- Unknown30%
- Two or more races12%
- Black4%
- Hispanic4%
- Asian3%
First-gen students33%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time69%
Many students enroll part-time — often working.
Median family income$45k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 6
What you can study.