Northern Kentucky University Business Programs
Northern Kentucky University is a public institution situated in Highland Heights, Kentucky. Highland Heights is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.
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Northern Kentucky University Rankings
These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at NKU.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards NKU has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#32 | Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management | College Factual |
#36 | Best Value Colleges for General Business/Commerce | College Factual |
#51 | Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Veterans | College Factual |
#65 | Best General Business/Commerce Schools | College Factual |
#65 | Best General Business/Commerce Schools | College Factual |
#101 | Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing | College Factual |
Where Is Northern Kentucky University?
Contact details for NKU are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41099 |
Phone: | 859-572-5100 |
Website: | www.nku.edu |
Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/nkuedu |
Twitter: | http://twitter.com/nkuedu |
How Do I Get Into NKU?
You can apply to NKU online at: https://nku.edu/admissions.html
Admission Requirements for NKU
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | required |
High School Rank | recommended |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | required |
Recommendations | neither required nor recommended |
SAT or ACT Scores | required |
TOEFL | recommended |
How Hard Is It To Get Into NKU?
Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.
Average Test Scores
About 8% of students accepted to NKU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 590. Math scores were between 480 and 600.
Can I Afford Northern Kentucky University?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At NKU, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $6,052 a year. That adds up to $24,208 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at NKU is 7.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
Northern Kentucky University Undergraduate Student Diversity
There are also 4,704 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 8,024 full-time undergraduates at NKU, 41% are male and 59% are female.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northern Kentucky University students is as follows.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 127 |
Black or African American | 558 |
Hispanic or Latino | 327 |
White | 6,361 |
International Students | 233 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 418 |
Geographic Diversity
Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at Northern Kentucky University. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 70 countries are represented at NKU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and China.
Online Learning at Northern Kentucky University
The following chart shows how the online learning population at NKU has changed over the last few years.
This school is the 11th most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.
Online Affordability Rankings of NKU
During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Northern Kentucky University was $10,296 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $20,256. The following table shows how NKU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.
Major | Tuition for In-State Students | Tuition for Out-of-State Students |
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Organizational Behavior Studies | #1 | #7 |
Construction Management | #4 | #1 |
Construction Management | #4 | #1 |
Management Information Systems | #22 | #23 |
General Management Information Systems | #22 | #23 |
Human Resource Management | #46 | #76 |
Online Growth Rankings of NKU
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northern Kentucky University was 52.4%. This is the #552 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NKU regardless of major.
The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at NKU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at NKU.
Major | Growth Rate Rank | |
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Construction Management | #7 | |
Construction Management | #7 |
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
Northern Kentucky University Business Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
Major | Basic Certificate | Associate’s | Bachelor’s | Graduate Certificate | Master’s | TOTAL |
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General Business Administration and Management | 0 | 0 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 370 |
General Business/Commerce | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 210 | 221 |
Organizational Behavior Studies | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 20 | 101 |
General Management Information Systems | 7 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
Construction Management | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Public Relations | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Accounting | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 21 |
Business Economics | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Health Communication | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Finance | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Business/Corporate Communications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Entrepreneurship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Human Resources Development | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 7 | 3 | 571 | 8 | 248 | 837 |
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Image Credit: By Samvscat under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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