UNMC & Nebraska Medicine Midtown Omaha Campus Statistics

4,216,727 Total Square Footage

(as of fall 2023)

Founded in 1869 and chartered as the state’s first medical college in 1881, we became part of the University of Nebraska in 1902. Today, our education programs train ​more health professionals than any other institution in the state.

As Nebraska’s only public academic health sciences center, UNMC is committed to the education of a 21st-century health care workforce, finding cures and treatments for ​devastating diseases, providing the best care for patients and serving our state and its communities through award-winning outreach. UNMC also is committed to ​embracing the richness of diversity and is a major economic engine for the state of Nebraska.

As Nebraska’s only public academic health sciences center, UNMC is committed to the education of a 21st-century healthcare workforce, finding ​cures and treatments for devastating diseases, providing the best care for patients, and serving our state and its communities through award-​winning outreach. UNMC also is committed to embracing the richness of diversity and is a major economic engine for the state of Nebraska.

A Note about The Nebraska Medical Center

University Hospital and Clarkson Hospital merged in 1997. University Hospital left the University of Nebraska system to merge with Clarkson ​Hospital and become a separate organization governed by its own Board of Directors. It has developed into a strong and successful partnership. It ​is the teaching hospital for UNMC. It was called Nebraska Health System from 1997 until 2001 when the name was “The Nebraska Medical ​Center.”

In 2013, UNMC, the Nebraska Medical Center, UNMC Physicians, Bellevue Medical Center, and Private Practice Physicians formed a new “clinical ​enterprise” officially named Nebraska Medicine in 2014. With one unified leadership structure, Nebraska Medicine was formed to position these ​entities to be the region’s leading healthcare system, to deliver the best healthcare for patients, and to continue to thrive during ongoing healthcare ​reform. The “University of Nebraska Medical Center” is part of the University of Nebraska system. Nebraska Medicine is not.

UNMC by the numbers

• UNMC has 6 colleges, 2 institutes, and a graduate studies program, serving more than 4,500 students in about 90 programs.
  
• Enrollment at UNMC grew in the fall of 2023, the 23rd year in a row the university has admitted a record class. The fall enrollment figure was ​4,555 students, a more than 3% rise from the previous fall.
• Nearly 50 academic departments
  
• External funding for research, education and public service set a record in fiscal year 2022 with $251.9 million.
  
• $169.7 million in annual research grants
  
• $875 million operating budget, 19% state-supported (as of 2022-2023)
  
• 6,000+ employees
  
• UNMC's percentage of graduates practicing direct patient care in rural areas is tied for seventh in the nation.
• UNMC and its hospital partner, Nebraska Medicine, have an annual impact of $5.9 billion.

• Nearly half of Nebraska’s physicians, dental professionals, pharmacists, bachelor-prepared nurses, and allied health professionals have graduated from ​UNMC.
• In 2024 U.S. News & World Report rankings:
• UNMC has been named a Tier 1 institution for primary care training, a Tier 2 medical school for research, ranked ninth of 168 medical schools in the ​percentage of graduates practicing in rural areas and 54th with the number of graduates practicing in primary care.
  
• The College of Pharmacy ranked 19th out of 143 pharmacy schools.
• The physical therapy program ranked 33rd of 245
• College of Public Health programs ranked 46th of 213
• Doctor of Nursing Practice ranked 59th of 156
• Occupational Therapy ranked 65th out of 263 programs
• UNMC is a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Top Producing Institution for the second year in a row, as established by the U.S. Department of State's ​Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Photos Through the Years

1941 view of campus

1961 aerial view of campus Early 1970s view of campus

1979 aerial view of campus November 2020 aerial view