Omaha, NE (population: 449,283) has five forensic accounting schools within its city limits. Creighton University, the highest ranked school in the city with a forensic accounting program, has a total student population of 7,385. It is the 1200th highest ranked school in the USA and the 12th highest in the state of Nebraska (#1 is University of Nebraska at Kearney). To learn more about forensic accounting programs in Omaha, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of forensic accounting professors at Creighton University such as Ronald Banse, Roopa Chandrasekhar, Ronald Flinn, Tom Lewis, Melba Lucas, and Catherine Maydew.
Forensic Accounting students from Omaha schools who go on to become forensic accountants, forensics specialists, crime scene forensics specialists, computer forensics specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,106,980 people working as accountants and auditors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $67,430. Also, Bill and account collectors make on average $32,560 per year and there are about 403,100 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Omaha-Council Bluffs-IA area alone, there are 1,660 employed bill and account collectors earning an average salary of $31,470. Accountants and auditors in this area earn $62,820/yr and there are 4,040 employed.
Omaha lies in Douglas county, which is one of the 40 counties in Nebraska. Overall, the Omaha-Council Bluffs-IA area has 452,130 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.8% unemployment rate, $19.23/hr average worker wage, and a $40,000 average annual salary. Thus, about 8.943 out of every 1000 jobs in Omaha are held by accountants and auditors, and 3.661/1000 are held by bill and account collectors.
Of the 5 forensic accounting schools in Omaha, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Creighton University comes out as the most expensive ($25,370/yr) for forensic accounting students, with Metropolitan Community College Area as the lowest, reported at only $6,723/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Omaha |
| Papillion | NE | - | 1 | 19.7538 | 14 | 7.5 miles |
| Council Bluffs | IA | 59,918 | 3 | 15.2545 | 57 | 7.9 miles |
| Lincoln | NE | 257,612 | 13 | 28.3679 | 496 | 46.7 miles |
| Peru | NE | - | 1 | 16.7679 | 31 | 56.2 miles |
| Crete | NE | - | 1 | 28.8976 | 48 | 66.3 miles |
| Sioux City | IA | 83,250 | 6 | 24.3659 | 219 | 88.0 miles |