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Midland University

Fremont, Nebraska Private nonprofit 4-year Town

Overview

Midland University is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Fremont, Nebraska. The campus sits in a town setting. It enrolled 1,558 students in fall 2024, including 1,309 undergraduates and 249 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Midland University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 40 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor, Business Administration and Management, and Education, General. It awarded 391 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 16 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

69% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

Key figures

1,558
Students enrolled
69%
First-year retention
391
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
40
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMasterPhD

Programs and majors offered 40

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Education 5
Business, Management and Marketing 10
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Health Professions 4
Psychology 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Communication and Journalism 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Social Sciences 2
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Visual and Performing Arts 2
History 1
English Language and Literature 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Theology and Religious Vocations 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
69%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
248
Master's degrees
74
Postbaccalaureate certificates
69

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,558
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,309
Graduate students, fall 2024
249
Full-time, fall 2024
77%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,993
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,675
Graduate students, 2024-25
318
Full-time, 2024-25
63%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
54%
Men
46%
White
55%
Hispanic or Latino
20%
Black or African American
8%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
8%
Race or ethnicity unknown
4%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
16
Programs with a fully online option
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
22%
Students taking some online courses
30%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Athletic association
NAIA
Athletic conference
Great Plains Athletic Conference
President
Dr. Aly Williams
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training

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