← College watchlist
Priority review

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lincoln, NE 68588-0419 · Public · Predominantly bachelor

Quick answer

Is University of Nebraska-Lincoln closing?

This profile does not establish that the college is closing. 4 different categories of public evidence currently meet the tracker’s display rules. This calls for closer review, not a prediction that the college will close.

Review the evidence ↓
Undergraduates18,887
3-year enrollment↓6.2%
5-year enrollment↓8.3%
Evidence categories4
Public evidence timeline
Program closure or reduction6 sourced actions: Ethnic Studies; Insect Science; Natural Resources and Environmental Economics and 2 more

Program, admissions, and campus actions are scoped to what the source describes. They do not establish that the institution will close.

↗
Workforce reduction45.73 filled full-time-equivalent positions eliminated

The university's itemized final plan identifies 45.73 filled FTE eliminated across academic program closures, college administration, central administration, and research; this is an FTE total, not an estimated headcount. Evidence: Official institutional record.

↗
Campus or academic-unit action1 sourced action: Four academic units

Program, admissions, and campus actions are scoped to what the source describes. They do not establish that the institution will close.

↗
Admissions pause or teach-out23 sourced actions: Geology; Meteorology-Climatology; Statistics and Data Analytics and 14 more

Program, admissions, and campus actions are scoped to what the source describes. They do not establish that the institution will close.

↗
Workforce reduction2 filled staff positions eliminated

Two explicitly identified filled staff positions eliminated; the broader $10.8 million plan also moved positions to other funding and removed vacant-position budgets. Evidence: Official institutional record.

↗
Workforce reduction2 filled staff positions eliminated

The phase-two plan explicitly identified two current staff reductions; one additional staff role was reduced from full-time to half-time and other savings came from vacancies and voluntary departures. Evidence: Official institutional record.

↗
Identifiers

UNITID 181464
OPEID8 00256500

Interpretation

This profile organizes descriptive evidence. It is not a rating, closure forecast, or guarantee of institutional stability. Repeated events in one category do not multiply review priority.