Study What You Love
Turn one of our 11 majors into an exciting career by aligning your creative interests with your goals.
Stretch Your Strengths
Prepare yourself for the next level. Get started day one.
The experiences you have at Nebraska will build a foundation for your future.
Explore Career Connections
Become part of an inclusive and supportive community.
Connect with people from diverse backgrounds who share your passion for creativity and the arts.
Explore Social Connections
Build a solid foundation in a challenging and supportive environment.
The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts provides a challenging and supportive environment to help prepare you for your career and academic goals.
Explore Academic Experience
Build a Strong Foundation
Learn from Masters
Participate in masterclasses and guest artist residencies with leading artists in each discipline both in your discipline, as well as through the world-class Lied Center for Performing Arts and Sheldon Museum of Art. See the hard work and preparation needed first hand to reach the pinnacle level of achievement. Previous guest artists have included Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Misty Copeland, and more.
Prepare Yourself for the Next Level
Join one of 18 music ensembles. Earn union membership credits by performing in Nebraska Repertory Theatre productions. Organize your own exhibition in the MEDICI Gallery. Create your own film. We will challenge you, but you’ll be prepared to do big things in your arts career.
Connect with Faculty 1-on-1
With an average class size under 20 students, you’ll have personalized attention from professors who are fully invested in your growth. The university’s UCARE program also supports undergraduates to work one-on-one with faculty research advisors in research or creative activities. The First-Year Research Experience (FYRE) matches eligible incoming freshmen with faculty mentors to learn about research and creative activities in the mentor’s field and to participate in a manageable research or creative project.
Find Your Creative Home
You will find a supportive arts community and an abundance of organizations to get involved in to make connections. Find a student organization that matches your passions, including Theatrix student theatre producing company, AIGA (The American Institute of Graphic Artists), Orchesis (dance), The Clay Club, Creative Commons, Cinema 16, music ensembles, a cappella groups or form your own organization. Network through internships, conduct research and exhibit real-world creative projects.
Experience More with Financial Support from The Hixson-Lied Endowment
Major in the arts and be eligible to apply for grants thanks to the Hixson-Lied Endowment, which supports travel for presentations, conferences, performances and research; international and domestic study opportunities; and special projects such as films, capstone or thesis art projects, and recording projects.
An Emphasis on Student Success
The Hixson-Lied College has a dedicated Student Success Center, and Senior Director of Student Success Emily Griffin Overocker supports students with personal, academic and financial concerns and helps connect them with appropriate resources.
Our undergraduate students also receive advising from professional advisors.
We care about the well-being of our students and promote wellness activities throughout the academic year.
Find Home in Lincoln
Lincoln is an Arts City
People in Lincoln are Midwestern-friendly and students feel safe. The city is intricately interconnected with our urban campus. It is easy to go from the Arts Quad to Chipotle to Juice Stop to Blaze Pizza to a movie theater, art gallery or local music venue all without having to drive. Lincoln is a college city where the costs for everything from food to entertainment are low and you’ll be surrounded by the arts with more than 400 performances, exhibition and lectures offered by the college annually.
The city hosts events ranging from First Friday Artworks at local galleries; concerts and sporting events at Pinnacle Bank Arena; and global restaurants, shopping and other entertainment steps away in Lincoln’s Haymarket district downtown.
Students receive discounted or free admission to select performances, exhibitions and special events and screenings at these on-campus organizations: The Lied Center for Performing Arts; Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center; Nebraska Repertory Theatre; Sheldon Museum of Art.
The Nebraska Value
Nebraska offers you one of the best value college experiences out there. Among the lowest tuition in the Big Ten; 65% of first-year Nebraska students receive institutional grants or scholarships.* Additionally, two-thirds of students recieve financial aid in the form of grants, work study, or loans. See how you get more for your investment here.
*National Center for Education Statistics
Scholarships
Let Us Help Fund Your Future
In addition to institutional grants or scholarships, over $1 million in scholarships is awarded annually to Hixson-Lied College students. All new Hixson-Lied College students who audition or submit a portfolio in the application process are eligible for scholarships through our college.
