Bellevue University

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#5402 / #1419
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Private, non-profit university in Bellevue, Nebraska

Bellevue University at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#1419
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$10,053
Graduation rate
29%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
10,220

Reviewed by , Vice President and Academic Editor. Influence ranks come from our InfluenceRanking™ methodology; other figures come from federal data, with the year shown under each section. Report an error

Bellevue University Featured Rankings

About Bellevue University

According to Wikipedia, Bellevue University is a private university in Bellevue, Nebraska. It opened in 1966 as Bellevue College and from the outset has focused on providing adult education and educational outreach. As of 2011, 80% of its undergraduates were aged 25 and over. The university has over 10,000 students enrolled in a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs.

Bellevue University's Online Degrees

BA in Graphic Design
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Business And Data Analytics
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Digital Marketing
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Acquisition And Contract Management
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MBA in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MBA in Business Administration (Cohort)
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Business Analytics
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MA in Business And Professional Communication
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Human Resource Strategic Management
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Management
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Organizational Leadership
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Organizational Performance
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MPM in Project Management
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Strategic Finance
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Strategic Marketing
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
DBA in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 55
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Business
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Business Analysis And Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Business Analytics
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Business Leadership And Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Hospitality Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in International Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Management Of Human Resources
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Marketing
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Project Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Sport Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Sport Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Supply Chain, Transportation And Logistics Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Data Science
  • Required Credits: 30
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Computer Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Management Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
BAS in Computer Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 120
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Computer Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Data Science
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Information Technology
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in It Operations Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Management Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Software Development
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Systems And Network Administration
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Web Development
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Cybersecurity
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Cybersecurity (Cohort)
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Emergency Management
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Intelligence And Security Studies
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Justice Administration And Crime Management
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Security Management
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Child Protection And Juvenile Justice
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Criminal Justice (Cohort)
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Cybersecurity
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Cybersecurity (Cohort)
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Emergency Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Intelligence And Security Studies
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Legal Studies
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Security Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Instructional Design And Technology
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Adult Education
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
MPS in Professional Studies
  • Required Credits: 30
  • Format: Fully online
MA in Human Services
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MPA in Public Administration
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
PhD in Human Capital Management
  • Required Credits: 61
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Communication Studies
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in History
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Leadership
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Liberal Studies
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
MHA in Healthcare Administration
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Public Health Education
  • Required Credits: 120
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Health Science
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Healthcare Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Child, Youth, And Family Studies
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Industrial And Organizational Psychology
  • Required Credits: 36
  • Format: Fully online
MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Behavioral Science
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Professional Psychology
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Mathematics
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Sustainability Management
  • Required Credits: 127
  • Format: Fully online

Bellevue University Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
58%29%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Bellevue University Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$10,053
Average Net Price by Family Income (2021–22)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$12,473
30K - 48K$22,688
48K - 75K$10,514
75K - 110K$6,208
110K+$15,502

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Bellevue University Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Bellevue University students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $65,909 a year, and 91% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Bellevue University's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-GradsGraduates
20,20115,3324,869

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Bellevue University?

Bellevue University is located at 1000 Galvin Rd S, Bellevue, NE 68005-3098.

How Safe is Bellevue University?

Relative to its enrollment, Bellevue University has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Bellevue has a violent crime rate of 0.10% and a property crime rate of 1.15%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Bellevue University Known For?

Bellevue University is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Bellevue University's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Bellevue University's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Psychology
#1286
World Rank
#1303
Historical Rank
#501
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #501 in the U.S. and #1286 worldwide for influence in Psychology.

psychology Degrees
Law
#2623
World Rank
#2629
Historical Rank
#754
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #754 in the U.S. and #2623 worldwide for influence in Law.

Business
#2871
World Rank
#2872
Historical Rank
#756
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #756 in the U.S. and #2871 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Education
#4885
World Rank
#4891
Historical Rank
#1168
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #1168 in the U.S. and #4885 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Biology
#5086
World Rank
#5105
Historical Rank
#1229
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #1229 in the U.S. and #5086 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees
History
#4062
World Rank
#4076
Historical Rank
#1272
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #1272 in the U.S. and #4062 worldwide for influence in History.

history Degrees
Criminal Justice
#2802
World Rank
#2805
Historical Rank
#1452
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #1452 in the U.S. and #2802 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Social Work
#3620
World Rank
#3620
Historical Rank
#1459
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #1459 in the U.S. and #3620 worldwide for influence in Social Work.

social-work Degrees
Mathematics
#5725
World Rank
#5749
Historical Rank
#1519
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #1519 in the U.S. and #5725 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.

math Degrees
Computer Science
#6269
World Rank
#6279
Historical Rank
#1522
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #1522 in the U.S. and #6269 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Nursing
#3913
World Rank
#3914
Historical Rank
#1554
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #1554 in the U.S. and #3913 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Political Science
#7071
World Rank
#7078
Historical Rank
#1676
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #1676 in the U.S. and #7071 worldwide for influence in Political Science.

political-science Degrees
Philosophy
#6098
World Rank
#6130
Historical Rank
#1822
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #1822 in the U.S. and #6098 worldwide for influence in Philosophy.

philosophy Degrees
Medical
#6384
World Rank
#6385
Historical Rank
#1855
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #1855 in the U.S. and #6384 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Communications
#7544
World Rank
#7560
Historical Rank
#2024
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #2024 in the U.S. and #7544 worldwide for influence in Communications.

communications Degrees
Sociology
#6035
World Rank
#6039
Historical Rank
#2024
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #2024 in the U.S. and #6035 worldwide for influence in Sociology.

sociology Degrees
Literature
#7946
World Rank
#7972
Historical Rank
#2470
USA Rank

Bellevue University ranks #2470 in the U.S. and #7946 worldwide for influence in Literature.

literature Degrees

Who Are Bellevue University's Most Influential Alumni?

Shon Hopwood
An American law professor and former bank robber.
Judd H. Lyons
Judd H. Lyons
A U.S. government official.