Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was the University of Nebraska until 1968, when it absorbed the Municipal University of Omaha to form the University of Nebraska system. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship institution of the state-wide system.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
2565
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
256500
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
181464
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
127079

Location

Lincoln, NE, 68588-0419

40.817598, -96.700508

Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission

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