University of Nebraska at Kearney
905 West 25th Street
Kearney NE 68849

Founded in 1905, the University of Nebraska at Kearney is a 235-acre residential campus with more than 37 buildings, and a designated Nebraska Statewide Arboretum site. The Kearny campus offers students easy access to the city's vibrant cultural life, outdoor recreational facilities, shopping centers, award-winning restaurants, and affordable housing, as well as to all the hockey, indoor football, entertainment and community events hosted at the local arena.

There are more than 6,400 undergraduate and about 1,000 graduate students enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. They come from all 93 Nebraska counties, 36 states and 47 foreign countries. Among the most affordable universities in the region, students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney can pick from a diverse list that includes 170 undergraduate majors, 25 pre-professional and 34 graduate programs, distance learning and other programs. More than two-thirds of all of Kearny's students receive some form of financial aid.

Campus housing consists of eight traditional-style residence halls, two suite-style residence halls, two Greek chapter house complexes, and one university apartment complex. All residential units are within easy walking distance of the academic buildings, the library, the student Union, and the health and Sports Center.

Quick Facts

Kearney has more than 160 student organizations, including about four sororities and six fraternities.

The student to faculty ratio is 16 to one.

Kearney employs about 307 full-time and 67 part-time faculty.

More than 90 percent of faculty have the highest degrees in their fields.

Approximately 30 percent of all teachers, school administrators, speech pathologists, school counselors, and school psychologists in Nebraska are University of Nebraska Kearney graduates.

Studying abroad means spending a semester or two at one of more than 170 affiliated campuses around the world.

The University of Nebraska Kearney is the only campus in Nebraska to participate in the National Student Exchange, which allows students to attend other universities or colleges across the continent for a semester or a year, often at the same tuition rates.

In the last decade, Kearney invested more than $30 million renovating or expanding every academic building and residence hall, the Nebraskan Student Union and Foster Field.

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