
Overview
About Nebraska Wesleyan
Nebraska Wesleyan University has men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field and cross country, competing in NCAA Division III (D3) as a member of the American Rivers Conference (ARC). The Prairie Wolves train at Abel Stadium (400m outdoor track) and Knight Fieldhouse (200m indoor track). Nebraska Wesleyan is in Lincoln, Nebraska, with 1,851 undergraduates, and 2025–26 tuition and fees start at $45,342 USD.
Teams
Prairie Wolves track and field and cross country
Recruiting standards
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Coaching staff
From the coaching staff
Nebraska Wesleyan provides student-athletes with a truly exceptional academic experience. NWU is consistently ranked as one of the top private schools in the United States. A 11:1 student to teacher ratio provides student-athletes the individual attention they deserve. Our student-athletes possess a wide variety of academic interests. The one constant is the unwavering belief that academics is the #1 priority in our program.
Besides developing as athletes, we believe our program supports the full development of our athletes as a person. Our coaching staff is intent on emphasizing the importance of a positive attitude, integrity, confidence, teamwork, goal setting, personal responsibility, and spiritual values. Development of these attributes is not only important during the college years but will help our student-athletes lead a full and successful life as members of society.
We want every single student-athlete to thoroughly enjoy being part of our program. As a coaching staff, we have the goal of making 4:00 practice a time that our student-athletes look forward to coming to everyday. We want to do the training necessary to be great athletes and do it in an environment that is encouraging, supportive, and just plain fun
We are very confident we can help each athlete reach their full potential. This can range from representing the United States on a World Championship team to winning an NCAA national title, to becoming an All-American, becoming an All-Conference performer or to simply be the best they can be and setting personal bests in their events.
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- Derrick McKenzieDirector of Cross Country and Track & Field
- Chad BerensHead Cross Country/Distance Coach
- Chris BaumVertical Jumps Coach
- Derek CarsonHorizontal Jumps / Multi-Event Coach
- Scott EthertonHurdles Coach
- Derek FreseThrows Coach
- Kurt NielsenVolunteer Assistant Coach
- Kyle DickinsonSprints Coach
- Hanna Hegemann BerensVolunteer Distance Coach
- Wes FergusonAssistant Coach
Academics
Language
English is the language of instruction at NWU
Fields of study
Learn more about academic programs at Nebraska Wesleyan University →
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- Department of Accounting
- Department of Acting
- Department of Athletic Training
- Department of Art
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Department of Biology
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Business-Sociology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Communication Studies
- Department of Criminal Justice in Society
- Department of Directing
- Department of Economics
- Department of Elementary Education
- Department of English
- Department of Exercise Science
- Department of Gender Studies
- Department of Health and Fitness Studies
- Department of Health and Physical Education
- Department of History
- Department of History-Social Science Education
- Department of Integrative Data Science
- Department of Integrative Studies
- Department of International Business
- Department of International Studies
- Department of Language Arts Education
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Modern Language Studies
- Department of Music
- Department of Music Education, Combination
- Department of Music Education, Vocal
- Department of Music Performance
- Department of Musical Theatre
- Department of Nursing
- Department of Philosophy and Religion
- Department of Physical Education
- Department of Physics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Science Education
- Department of Social Work
- Department of Social Work
- Department of Sociology-Anthropology
- Department of Special Education
- Department of Sport Management
- Department of Theatre Arts
- Department of Theatre Arts Education
- Department of Theatre Design and Technology
- Department of Theatre Studies
Admissions and graduation
- Graduated within six years
- 61%
Graduation rate for full-time students who started in fall 2019. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Cost
Tuition and fees, 2025–26
- In-state and out-of-state
- $45,342 USD
- International (same as out-of-state)
- $45,342 USD
Full cost for a first-year student
- Cost of attendance, 2024–25
- $57,378 USD
- Average net price, 2024–25
- $20,647 USD
Cost of attendance is tuition, fees, books, housing and food for a year. Net price is what students who got federal aid paid on average after grants and scholarships.
- $0 to $30,000
- $16,144 USD
- $30,001 to $48,000
- $17,341 USD
- $48,001 to $75,000
- $17,418 USD
- $75,001 to $110,000
- $19,503 USD
- Over $110,000
- $27,336 USD







