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Discover your pathway to success with the guide to local education and training providers. The guide features providers of traditional degrees, certifications, and specialized training programs to support your career goals whether you're starting fresh or advancing your skills.
Colleges and Universities:
University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL)
UNL is the state's flagship public research university, offering a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs.
Southeast Community College (SCC)
A public community college with campuses in Lincoln, Beatrice, and Milford, providing associate degrees, diplomas, and certificates across various fields. Includes academic transfer programs, career/technical programs, and continuing education.
Nebraska Wesleyan University
A private liberal arts university affiliated with the United Methodist Church, offering undergraduate and graduate programs.
Doane University
A private university with a campus in Lincoln offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies programs. Known for flexible learning options tailored to adult learners and working professionals.
Union College
A private Seventh-day Adventist college offering undergraduate programs with a focus on liberal arts and health sciences.
Bryan College of Health Sciences
Specializes in health care education, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing, sonography, biomedical sciences, and more.
Local Organizations:
Lincoln Manufacturing Council
The Lincoln Manufacturing Council provides opportunities for underemployed or unemployed individuals to access manufacturing careers. Programs include a Manufacturing Basics Certificate, Manufacturing Skills Certificate and Manufacturing Upskilling Scholarship.
American Job Center
Helping individuals acquire a commercial driver’s license (CDL) so they can enter a high-wage, in-demand career. Includes creating an employment plan and financial plan, providing supportive services such as transportation and childcare, paying 100% of the tuition to attend a driving academy, and assisting with job placement when completed. Training for a commercial driver license can be completed in less than a month. Participants can choose to attend school at 160 Drive Academy, Southeast Community College, or Roadmasters Drivers School.
Center for People
The Center for People partners with local employers to identify their most in-demand job roles and the skills people need to do them. Their education and training curriculum was designed to teach these skills and create maximum opportunity for learners. Training is provided through a mix of hands-on, virtual reality, and online courses (using providers like Coursera and Penn Foster) leading to certificates, diplomas, and specializations in skilled trades, healthcare, business and technology industries.
The Bay Gap Year
Gap Year, an 8-month skill and career accelerator for young adults aged 18-24, is designed to equip individuals with the tools and direction to plan for a successful future. Gap Year utilizes a structured cohort model to help participants explore career and industry opportunities and select a pathway, earn certifications, complete projects or build a portfolio with an industry-specific mentor, and get real job experience. Scholarships may be available for those who qualify.
National Safety Council, Nebraska Chapter
Offers hands-on training for workplace safety, including courses in defensive driving and occupational safety.
Employer-Provided Training:
Tabitha
Tabitha’s Workforce Development program addresses the growing demand for Senior Care services as it outpaces the number of healthcare professionals entering the workforce. Tabitha’s goal is to increase the competence and earning potential of direct care providers, create pathways to career advancement in healthcare and remove barriers to employment for entry level healthcare workers.
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Classes
Tabitha is an approved education site through the Nebraska Health Care Association. The course fee is covered by a scholarship and includes all instruction time plus a $1,000 stipend—half paid upon sign-up, half upon completion. The scholarship is contingent on employment with Tabitha and therefore must be repaid if employment ends within 6 (full-time) or 9 (part-time) months.
Nursing Student Program
This program provides financial aid to nursing students per semester (based on hours worked at Tabitha). Available to current Tabitha employees.
Refresher Sessions
Programs include new classes for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and Med Aides (MAs) whose licenses have lapsed, are returning from a break from healthcare or are interested in refreshing their nursing knowledge.
Other Training & Education Providers:
AJC Training Services List
The American Job Center of Lancaster and Saunders Counties (AJC) provides a comprehensive list of work-based and classroom training programs that lead to a recognized post-secondary credential, diploma or employment in the Lincoln, Nebraska area. Check out the list of apprenticeships, classroom training (such as certificates, associate and bachelor’s degrees), entrepreneurial training, and adult education and literacy.