The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is the flagship university for the state of Nebraska, a member of the Big Ten Conference, and ranked in the top tier of U.S. research universities. The university, along with the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, ranks among the top 100 universities worldwide in earning U.S. patents to protect innovative research and discoveries, according to a 2019 report by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. The university’s 2018-19 total graduating class was the largest in school history, and the student body in fall 2019 was the most diverse in school history, reflecting Nebraska’s land-grant commitment to providing access to higher education. With a combination of strong academics and affordability, Nebraska was named a Best Value College for 2019 by Forbes and The Princeton Review. Nearly 26,000 students are enrolled in Nebraska’s nine colleges: Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Human Sciences, Engineering, Hixson-Lied Fine and Performing Arts, Journalism and Mass Communications, and Law.
内布拉斯加大学林肯分校是内布拉斯加州的旗舰大学，也是十大联盟成员，排位全美顶尖研究型大学之列。根据美国国家发明家学院和知识产权所有者协会2019年的报告，该校与内布拉斯加大学医学中心及奥马哈分校共同跻身全球获得美国专利保护创新研究成果的前100所高校。2018-19学年毕业生人数创校史新高，2019年秋季入学学生群体的多样性也达到历史之最，体现了内布拉斯加作为赠地大学对普及高等教育的承诺。凭借卓越的学术能力与亲民的学费标准，该校被《福布斯》和《普林斯顿评论》评为2019年最具价值大学。内布拉斯加大学九大学院共招收近26,000名学生，包括：农业科学与自然资源学院、建筑学院、文理学院、商学院、教育与人类科学学院、工程学院、希克森-利德美术与表演艺术学院、新闻与大众传播学院以及法学院。