Creighton University (Creighton) is a private catholic jesuit comprehensive university based in Omaha, Nebraska. Creighton is a private Catholic Jesuit university in Omaha with undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in arts and sciences, business, nursing, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and health professions, law, and interdisciplinary health and professional fields. The institution traces its development to 1878, and its present academic identity reflects a long pattern of growth rather than a single modern expansion. Creighton opened in 1878 through the support of the Creighton family and Jesuit leadership. The university expanded from a college of arts and sciences into medicine, law, dentistry, pharmacy, business, nursing, graduate education, and professional health programs while maintaining its Jesuit mission. Academically, Creighton supports a broad mix of undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, certificate, and interdisciplinary study. Representative undergraduate choices include Accounting B.S.B.A., Applied Chemistry B.S., Applied Physics and Pre-Engineering B.S., Art History B.A., Nursing B.S.N., Biochemistry B.S.. Graduate study includes options such as Business Administration M.B.A., Accountancy M.Acc., Business Analytics M.S., Biomedical Sciences M.S., Medical Microbiology and Immunology M.S., while doctoral education extends into fields including Biomedical Sciences Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D., Pharmacology and Neuroscience Ph.D., Doctor of Nursing Practice. Research includes biomedical science, neuroscience, pharmaceutical sciences, health outcomes, nursing, business, economics, biology, chemistry, health informatics, public health, clinical research, and community-engaged health and service work. Creighton’s Omaha campus is close to major healthcare systems, financial services, insurance, transportation, technology, nonprofits, government, and corporate employers. Professional schools create extensive clinical, legal, business, research, and service-learning opportunities. For current cost planning, For 2026–27, standard undergraduate tuition is $50,580 per year for students in the College of Arts and Sciences, Heider College of Business, and College of Nursing. Published university and technology fees are charged separately, while housing, food, insurance, books, transportation, and professional-program charges add to total cost. These published amounts are planning figures and can change with residency, program, credit load, housing, insurance, or board action at Creighton University. Creighton uses a test-optional undergraduate admissions process. Applicants can choose whether ACT or SAT scores are considered without an admission or merit-scholarship penalty; enrolled students may later provide official scores for advising or placement purposes. Omaha supports careers in healthcare, finance, insurance, business, transportation, technology, law, pharmacy, dentistry, education, nonprofits, government, and clinical or biomedical research. Taken together, Creighton University is best understood as an institution whose academic portfolio, research mission, student support, and regional setting are closely connected. Creighton also uses certificates, accelerated pathways, online options, and other nontraditional formats to extend selected academic areas beyond the standard four-year or graduate sequence. The university’s location in Omaha gives students access to the civic, research, cultural, health, business, and public-sector networks that shape its surrounding region. Students comparing programs should review the live catalog because degree titles, concentrations, delivery formats, prerequisites, and admission cycles can differ by college.