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<span id="nni-123118xex231.htm"></span><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html lang="en-US"><head> <!-- Document created using Wdesk --> <!-- Copyright 2019 Workiva --> <title>Form 10-K filed by on 2019-02-27</title></head><body><div id="i_0_1"></div><div style="height:42.75pt;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:right;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Exhibit 23.1</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:22pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;">The Board of Directors</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;">Nelnet, Inc.&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">-</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">8 (Nos. 333</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">-</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">112374, 333</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">-</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">144790, 333</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">-</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">151991, and 333</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">-</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">161814) and the registration statement on Form S</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">-</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">3 (No. 333</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">-</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">144789) of Nelnet, Inc. of our reports dated February 27, 2019 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Nelnet, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders&#8217; equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">-</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively, the </font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">&#34;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">consolidated financial statements</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">&#34;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">),</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;"> and the effectiveness of internal control over finan</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">cial reporting as of December 31, 2018</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;"> which report</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">s</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;"> appear</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;"> in the December 31, 2018 annual report on Form 10</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">-</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">K of Nelnet, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;line-height:120%;">&#47;s&#47; 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