At a Glance
Creighton admits 92.2% of applicants.
What You'll Actually Pay
See what families at different income levels actually pay after aid.
What families actually pay, by income level
After grants and scholarships. Before loans. Public school prices shown at in-state rates.
Source: College Scorecard / IPEDS, 2024-25
Where the Sticker Price Goes
Based on average need-based grant. Actual cost varies by family income — see chart above.
Debt at Graduation
37.8%
receive need-based grant aid
$33,313
average debt at graduation
Creighton graduates carry an average of $33,313 in debt.
Merit Aid
2,233
students received merit aid
$23,263
average merit award
Getting In
Creighton admits 92.2% of applicants.
SAT — Middle 50% of those who submitted · 8% of the class submitted
ACT — Middle 50% of those who submitted · 40% of the class submitted
37.3% were in the top 10% of their high school class.
What They Value
Academic
Nonacademic
Creighton University considers your essay Important — a strong essay can differentiate an otherwise average application. Demonstrated interest is Considered — showing genuine engagement with this school may help your application.
Student Life
42.3% of Creighton classes have fewer than 20 students.
Share of undergraduate class sections at each size, from CDS Section I-3. More red = more large lectures.
At Creighton, 42.3% of your classes will have fewer than 20 students.
Class size data reflects all undergraduate sections including labs, seminars, and lectures. Large research universities often have smaller upper-division and graduate-level sections that improve the overall distribution. First and second-year students typically experience larger classes than these averages suggest.
Source: Common Data Set 2025–26, Section I-3 (class sizes)
11:1
student:faculty ratio
Campus Life
From out of state (freshman class)
75.1%
Live on campus
51.87%
Men in fraternities
22.7%
Women in sororities
32.7%
Who Attends
Racial and ethnic breakdown of enrolled undergraduates, as reported in each school's Common Data Set. "Unknown / Other" includes students who did not report or selected "other."
Creighton's student body is 68.5% white.
Popular Majors
Will They Graduate?
Creighton graduates 73.1% of students in 4 years.
Graduating late means paying for extra semesters. The 6-year rate tells you who eventually finishes — the 4-year rate tells you what it actually costs.
Creighton graduates 73.1% of students in 4 years.
What finishing late actually costs
Based on each school's published cost of attendance. Public school costs shown at in-state rates.
Creighton
73.1%
4-yr grad rate
Extra year cost: $63,423
Graduation rate data from Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2018 cohort (most recent available). 4-year rate = students completing in 4 years or less. 6-year rate = students completing within 6 years.
82.7%
Overall 6-yr rate
76.2%
Pell recipient rate
There's a 6.5 point gap between overall and Pell Grant graduation rates. Worth asking the school about support resources.
Freshman Retention
92%
92% of first-year students return for sophomore year.
City & Culture
Beyond the data — what it's actually like to spend four years in Omaha.
Creighton's campus sits at the edge of downtown Omaha, a few blocks from the Old Market district's cobblestone streets, restaurants and galleries. Omaha is home to four Fortune 500 headquarters — Berkshire Hathaway, Union Pacific, Mutual of Omaha and Kiewit Corporation — plus Gallup and three of the nation's ten largest architecture and engineering firms, giving business and pre-health students an employer base within walking or short rideshare distance rather than a drive to another city.
Notable Alumni
Bob Gibson
Played both basketball and baseball at Creighton, majoring in sociology, before an MLB Hall of Fame career pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959-1975, winning two Cy Young Awards and two World Series titles.
Class of 1957
Joe Ricketts
Earned his BA at Creighton before founding what became TD Ameritrade; he later became the controlling owner of the Chicago Cubs.
Michael P. Anderson
Earned a Master of Science in physics at Creighton before becoming a NASA astronaut; he died as payload commander of Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003.
Class of 1990
Brad Ashford
Earned his Juris Doctor at Creighton before serving in the Nebraska Legislature and as the U.S. Representative for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.
Class of 1974
Alumni selected for name recognition and range of fields. Not from the Common Data Set.
The City
Mid-size city
Omaha, NE
Best For
Traditions
Founders Week Convocation
An annual convocation and awards ceremony each fall celebrating Creighton's 1878 founding, held with both in-person and virtual options across the Omaha and Phoenix campuses.
School of Law Red Mass
Creighton's School of Law hosts the only Red Mass in Nebraska each fall at St. John's Church on campus, a centuries-old Catholic tradition marking the opening of the judicial year.
Weekend Escapes
Within driving distance from Omaha
Lincoln, Nebraska
About 55 minutesNebraska's state capital and home to the University of Nebraska, a straight shot down I-80 for Husker football Saturdays, the Sunken Gardens and the state capitol building.
Kansas City, Missouri
About 3 hoursBarbecue, jazz history and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, plus the nearest NFL and MLB games — the Chiefs and the Royals.
Des Moines, Iowa
About 2 hoursIowa's capital and largest city, with the East Village district and the Pappajohn Sculpture Park a straight shot east on I-80.
Getting There & Game Days
Nearest airport
Eppley Airfield (OMA)
10 minutes from campus
For international flights: Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) — about 7 hours by road, or a short connecting flight.
Pro sports nearby
- Omaha Storm Chasers MiLB (Kansas City Royals Triple-A affiliate)
- Kansas City Chiefs NFLAbout 3 hours away
- Kansas City Royals MLBAbout 3 hours away
Career Proximity
Creighton's own name is on two CHI Health hospital campuses in Omaha — Bergan Mercy and the University Campus — a direct clinical pipeline for a student body where health professions are the second-largest bachelor's degree category. Business and financial-services students have an equally short commute: four Fortune 500 headquarters and several of the nation's largest architecture and engineering firms sit within the same downtown-adjacent footprint as campus.
Top Industries Nearby
Major Employers
- CHI Health
- Berkshire Hathaway
- Union Pacific
- Mutual of Omaha
- Kiewit Corporation
- First National Bank of Omaha
- Gallup
Downtown Omaha, adjoining campus
Who Thrives Here
Creighton admits 92.2% of applicants and doesn't require the SAT or ACT for general admission, so it's accessible to a wide range of academic profiles — the middle 50% SAT Composite among enrolled first-years is 1280-1410. Business and health professions together account for 57% of bachelor's degrees, reflecting the Heider College of Business and Creighton's schools of pharmacy, nursing, medicine and dentistry sitting alongside the undergraduate college. About 23% of men join fraternities and 33% of women join sororities, and just over half of undergraduates (52%) live on campus, so Greek life is a real but not dominant thread in a Jesuit, service-oriented campus culture. The honest trade-off is class size: despite an undergraduate enrollment under 5,000, only 42.3% of classes run under 20 students — closer to a large public university's profile than the 60-72% typical of small private colleges. Tuition and fees run $52,902 a year, and the school meets 84% of a first-year's demonstrated need on average, with students who borrow graduating owing $33,313.