List of colleges and universities in Omaha, Nebraska
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There are several colleges and universities in Omaha, Nebraska.
The earliest institution of higher education promoted in the Omaha-area came from promoters of the Town of Saratoga located around present-day North 24th and Grand Streets in Omaha.
The Saratogans won a charter from the Nebraska Territorial Legislature to establish Nebraska University.
However, their proposal was delayed in the Legislature, and their university was never more than words on paper.
Over the next 50 years, several religious institutions emerged in the absence of public support for establishing colleges.
For instance, the Catholic Creighton University was opened in 1878.
It has grown tremendously in the subsequent 150 years, and continues thriving today.
Another Catholic higher education institution in Omaha is the Duchesne Academy.
It was founded in 1881 and included a college.
The Presbyterian Theological Seminary was built in Kountze Place in 1902 at 3303 North 21st Place, and was closed and converted into apartments in 1943.
Many of the faculty here taught at the University of Omaha in its early years.
Omaha's Clarkson College was founded in 1888 as a nursing program in a Presbyterian hospital.
Evolving over the ensuing century-plus, Clarkson has become a first-tier nursing education facility which is particularly adept at educating non-white nurses.
The Nebraska Methodist College was founded in 1891 with a similar mission was the Presbyterian's Clarkson College.
Nebraska Methodist offers associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in nursing and allied health professions.
After the turn of the 20th century, a few other religiously supported colleges open...