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Nebraska Business 2024

Message from the Dean

It’s been a record-breaking year at the College of Business with remarkable accomplishments and collaborations. Your generous support played a pivotal role in our success, and together, we are making a profound impact on the lives of our students and our greater community.

Celebrating Milestones: This year, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of our Master of Business Administration program, which has continually adapted to meet the evolving needs of our students. Ranked No. 7 in the nation and No. 1 in Nebraska by the Princeton Review in July, our MBA continues to offer an exceptionally high return on investment. Our graduates report starting salaries over $140,000, while we’ve strategically kept tuition under $34,000.

We honored the 100th anniversary of our first actuarial science students. Otto Gross, ’28, and friends convinced Professor Floyd Harper to teach them actuarial math in 1924, planting the first seeds of a program at Nebraska. To honor his father, Gary Gross provided a $100,000 matching gift for our current actuarial science program.

Generous Donor Support

Thank You to Our Donors

Thank you to our countless donors and supporters who made gifts to the College of Business this past year. The College of Business lives out its mission to drive discovery, create opportunity and empower individuals to lead the future of business because of our donors.

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Research

Yxi Yao, Daniel Tannenbaum and Yifan Gong
Cited in Presidential Report

Research by three Department of Economics faculty members — Yifan Gong, assistant professor of economics; Daniel Tannenbaum, associate professor of economics; and Yuxi Yao, assistant professor of economics — were cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President. The White House report cites Tannenbaum’s research on eviction and Gong and Yao’s research on the housing market.

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Nebraska Business Development Team

Amy Kloefkorn

Amy Kloefkorn, ’08
Senior Director of Development
402-458-1175
amy.kloefkorn@nufoundation.org

Corrie Loper

Corrie Loper, ’07
Director of Development
402-458-1230
corrie.loper@nufoundation.org

Matt Honke

Matt Honke, ’00
Director of Development
402-458-1189
matt.honke@nufoundation.org

Mackenzie Puckett

Mackenzie Puckett
Director of Development
402-458-1292
mackenzie.puckett@nufoundation.org

By The Numbers Fall 2024

Undergraduate Programs

4,398

Students

3.1%

Increase in Students

11.1%

Increase in Freshmen

909

Freshmen

Growth in Majors

86.8%

Business and Law

43.2%

Actuarial Science

32.4%

Accounting

21.7%

Finance

Graduate Programs

573

Students

8.5%

Increase in Students

22%

Increase in MBA Enrollment

14%

Increase in Women in the MBA Program

Rankings

#30

Public Undergraduate Business Program
U.S. News & World Report (2024)

#7

Online MBA Program
The Princeton Review (2024)

#19

Management Research Productivity Among U.S. Business Schools
TAMUGA Research Productivity (2023)

#42

Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program
The Princeton Review (2025)