College · Private nonprofit · Omaha, NE · City
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
Religious affiliation
Admit rate80%
6-yr median pay$63k
Net price / yr$32k
Undergrad size4,348
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $32k/yr for a shot at a $63k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 80% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1321 · ACT 28.
If you get in
4,348 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $63k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $32k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$254k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$126k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$127k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $48.9k
- Room & board
- $13.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants12%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans42%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
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 retention93%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr83%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$63k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$74k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out13%
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
- 4,348
- Location
- Omaha, NE
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity (R2)
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White69%
- Hispanic10%
- Asian8%
- Two or more races6%
- Black3%
- International2%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students18%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$94k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 57
What you can study.