Profile of the University of Nebraska at Kearney

--5,478 undergraduate students
--1,006 graduate students
--Students from all 93 Nebraska counties, 47 states and 49 countries
--307 full-time, 67 part-time faculty
--More than 90 percent hold terminal (highest) degrees in their field
--Student-to-Faculty ratio -- 16 to 1
--Average class size -- Less than 25 students
--8 traditional-style residence halls
--2 Greek chapter house complexes (12 UNK fraternities and sororities)
--1 University-owned off-campus apartment complex
--3 suite-style residence halls—Nester North, Nester South and Antelope Halls
--170 undergraduate majors
--25 pre-professional programs
--34 graduate degrees
--Four-year Honors Program
--Largest percentage of international students among undergraduates (11 percent) of any other college or university in Nebraska or neighboring Midwest region
--30 percent of the state’s principals, and 47% of school superintendents are UNK grads
--235-acre campus in Central Nebraska’s educational, medical and cultural center
--30,000+ people reside in Kearney
--17 NCAA Division II sports within the Rocky Mountain, including women’s soccer new Fall, 2009
--Athletic Conference (RMAC).
--The U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2009” ranks UNK among the top 15 public universities at the Master’s level in the Midwest
--At 80 percent, UNK’s retention rate of freshmen-to-sophomores is well above the national average
--1905 Founded as Nebraska State Normal School
--1921 Became Nebraska State Teachers College
--1963 Renamed Kearney State College
--1991 Became University of Nebraska at Kearney