Doane University is a private liberal arts college in Crete, Nebraska. It was founded in 1872 as Doane College. The university has an enrollment of about 1,000 students on its traditional undergraduate campus in Crete, Nebraska. It also has adult and graduate programs with enrollment of about 1,000 students. The university offers more than 40 undergraduate majors, several pre-professional programs, and graduate programs in education and business. The university has a student-to-faculty ratio of 11:1 and an average class size of 16 students.