Which Nebraska business administration program has the lowest debt?

Wayne State College reports the lowest median federal debt, $18,250, with first-year pay of $43,490.

How much do business administration graduates earn in Nebraska?

The median across 12 Nebraska business administration bachelor's programs is $47,476 in the first year after graduating and $60,085 five years after.

How many business administration bachelor's programs are in Nebraska?

12 Nebraska programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 11 of them also report federal debt.

Business Administration (Bachelor's) Programs in Nebraska, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

12 programs report first-year pay
11 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Business Administration, Management and Operations

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Nebraska business administration bachelor's program pays its graduates $47,476 in their first year, $2,080 more than the national median. Bellevue University reports the highest first-year pay ($60,931), and Wayne State College the lowest median debt ($18,250).

Median first-year pay$47,476National $45,396

Median pay after 5 years$60,085National $62,714

Median federal debt$25,815National $26,000

Debt-to-earnings53%National 55%

All 12 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Bellevue UniversityBellevue · private nonprofit	$60,931	$80,546	$28,380	47%
2	Doane UniversityCrete · private nonprofit	$50,856	$53,758	$26,991	53%
3	University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha · public	$50,069	$67,531	$20,500	41%
4	University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney · public	$48,861	$71,637	$20,199	41%
5	University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln · public	$47,663	$62,338	$22,500	47%
6	Hastings CollegeHastings · private nonprofit	$47,525	Not reported	$27,000	57%
7	Creighton UniversityOmaha · private nonprofit	$47,427	$79,487	$27,000	57%
8	Union Adventist UniversityLincoln · private nonprofit	$44,045	$57,455	Not reported	Not reported
9	Wayne State CollegeWayne · public	$43,490	$53,578	$18,250	42%
10	Chadron State CollegeChadron · public	$43,124	$56,015	$24,791	57%
11	Peru State CollegePeru · public	$42,847	$57,832	$25,815	60%
12	York UniversityYork · private nonprofit	$34,170	Not reported	$28,370	83%

Union Adventist University reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

Debt and first-year pay at every Nebraska business administration program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Nebraska medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 11 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Bellevue University$60,931
Doane University$50,856
University of Nebraska at Omaha$50,069
University of Nebraska at Kearney$48,861
University of Nebraska-Lincoln$47,663

Lowest median debt

Wayne State College$18,250
University of Nebraska at Kearney$20,199
University of Nebraska at Omaha$20,500
University of Nebraska-Lincoln$22,500
Chadron State College$24,791

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to business administration, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

General and Operations Managers

$85,090

Median pay in Nebraska. 24,030 people work in this job in Nebraska. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $48,010Top 10%: $193,080

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$61,980

Median pay in Nebraska. 9,930 people work in this job in Nebraska. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 127,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $44,990Top 10%: $87,840

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

$45,280

Median pay in Nebraska. 7,010 people work in this job in Nebraska. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 113,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $34,290Top 10%: $70,690

Project Management Specialists

$80,150

Median pay in Nebraska. 3,190 people work in this job in Nebraska. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $51,630Top 10%: $129,560

Common questions

Bellevue University in Bellevue reports the highest median first-year pay, $60,931. Its median federal debt is $28,380.

Business Administration (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked1,105 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Nebraska rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the business administration bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024