The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a founding member and member of the Innovative Digital Education Alliance (IDEA) since 2000, which is a consortium of 20 renowned public universities from across the United States, offering online degree and certificate programs in human sciences and agriculture. These transformative academic programs foster an expanded knowledge of skillset in your field of interest, in a flexible online learning environment.
Through IDEA, you do not need to choose to study from just one university as you will receive engaging online instruction in high-demand professional fields from faculty across the country. Our faculty collaborate closely and have developed a student-centric online academic environment that maximizes learning and preparation for career advancement.
Common Price Cost Across Member Universities
Through IDEA, students pay one common price per credit hour for undergraduate courses or graduate courses at all member universities regardless of the program or whether the student is in-state or out-of-state. The current common price is outlined in the table below. More detail on UNL tuition and fees can be found on the Student Accounts page.
Graduate Course Cost$610/credit hour Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Summer 2025 |
| Undergraduate | ||
Credit hour | Cost for Graduate Course |
| Credit hour | Cost for Undergraduate Course |
1 | $610 |
| 1 | $440 |
2 | $1,220 |
| 2 | $880 |
3 | $1,830 |
| 3 | $1,325 |
In accordance with Federal Financial Aid requirements, Nebraska provides an estimated Cost of Attendance as a standardized estimate of the overall cost of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for a specific period. It represents the best estimate of expenses a student might expect to incur. |
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln offers the following online programs through IDEA:
Undergraduate Degree Completion
Master's Degrees
- Master of Applied Science in Community Development
- Master of Science in Dietetics
- Master of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences Education
- Master of Science in Family and Community Services
- Master of Science in Family Financial Planning
- Master of Science in Merchandising
- Master of Science in Youth Development
Graduate Certificates
- Advanced Horticulture Graduate Certificate
- Floriculture and Nursery Production Management Graduate Certificate
- Food Safety and Defense Graduate Certificate
- Grassland Management Graduate Certificate
- Ornamentals, Landscape, and Turf Graduate Certificate
- Early Childhood and Family Policy
- Family Financial Planning Graduate Certificate
- Financial Counseling Graduate Certificate
- Youth Development Graduate Certificate