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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.

581 Undergraduate Degrees
256 Graduate Degrees
$25,481 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
87% Acceptance Rate

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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.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best Value Corporate Communications Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#7 Most Popular Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#31 Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#95 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards NKU has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#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?

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Contact details for NKU are given below.

Contact Details
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?
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?

87% Acceptance Rate
63% Of Accepted Are Women
8% Submit SAT Scores
NKU has the high acceptance rate of 87%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Northern Kentucky University  ( 480 to 590 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Northern Kentucky University  ( 480 to 600 )
200
800
NKU received ACT scores from 93% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 27. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

ACT English Scores for Northern Kentucky University  ( 20 to 27 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Northern Kentucky University  ( 19 to 26 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Northern Kentucky University  ( 20 to 26 )
1
36

Can I Afford Northern Kentucky University?

$25,481 Net Price
54% Take Out Loans
7.2% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of NKU is $25,481. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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

8,024 Full-Time Undergraduates
59% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 11,507 undergraduate students at NKU, with 8,024 being full-time and 3,483 being part-time.

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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.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northern Kentucky University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
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

7,835 Took All Classes Online
15,166 Took At Least One Class Online
52.4% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 15,166 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NKU has changed over the last few years.

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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
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
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
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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