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Located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, Northern Kentucky University is a public institution. Highland Heights is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

368 Undergraduate Degrees
951 Graduate Degrees
$25,481 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
86% Acceptance Rate

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

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 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 5

How Hard Is It To Get Into NKU?

86% Acceptance Rate
64% Of Accepted Are Women
8% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 86%, NKU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 86%, 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 510 and 600. Math scores were between 520 and 690.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Northern Kentucky University  ( 510 to 600 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Northern Kentucky University  ( 520 to 690 )
200
800
NKU received ACT scores from 77% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

ACT English Scores for Northern Kentucky University  ( 18 to 25 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Northern Kentucky University  ( 19 to 25 )
1
36

Can I Afford Northern Kentucky University?

$25,481 Net Price
42% Take Out Loans
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

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 42% of students took out student loans averaging $6,037 a year. That adds up to $24,148 over four years for those students.

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.

Northern Kentucky University Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 231 0 662 0 893
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 0 113 0 0 113
Nursing Practice 0 0 0 105 105
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 78 0 10 0 88
Respiratory Care Therapy 29 0 0 0 29
Medical Informatics 4 0 20 0 24
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor 0 0 22 0 22
Health Care Management 0 1 17 0 18
Radiologic Technology 15 0 0 0 15
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy 5 0 0 0 5
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions 5 0 0 0 5
Athletic Training 1 0 1 0 2
Clinical Research Coordinator 0 0 0 0 0
Occupational Therapy 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 368 114 732 105 1,319

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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