Northern Kentucky University Trade Programs

Located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, Northern Kentucky University is a public institution. NKU is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Where Is Northern Kentucky University?

Contact details for NKU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41099
Phone:	859-572-5100
Website:	www.nku.edu

Can I Afford NKU?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time NKU students paid $425 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $853 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$10,208	$20,464
Fees	$384	$384
Books and Supplies	$800	$800
On Campus Room and Board	$11,248	$11,248
On Campus Other Expenses	$2,500	$2,500

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NKU, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $5,689 a year. That adds up to $22,756 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NKU is 2.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Northern Kentucky University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,814 undergraduate students at NKU, with 7,598 being full-time and 3,216 being part-time.

There are also 5,165 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,598 full-time undergraduates at NKU, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	125
Black or African American	529
Hispanic or Latino	324
White	5,955
International Students	264
Other Races/Ethnicities	401

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

There are 12 bachelor’s degree and 6 master’s degree programs available online at NKU. In 2020-2021, 12,105 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.

This school is the 10th most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

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 #547 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NKU regardless of major.

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%.

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

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