by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Northern Kentucky University landed the #401 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
In addition, NKU took the #4 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and NKU took the #578 spot on the list.
In addition, NKU took the #10 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Kentucky.
Women make up 73.5% of the total graduate student body at NKU while men make you 26.5%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 19.1% of the graduate student population at NKU. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at NKU. Around 0.5% of graduate students are international. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,900 | $15,210 |
| Fees | $384 | $384 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from NKU enter careers with an average starting salary of $58,227. That's about the same as the nationwide average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at NKU is $41,900. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 44% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of 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/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/nkuedu |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/nkuedu |
About 89.6% of the graduate students at Northern Kentucky University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 78.8% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 21 |
| Law | 100 |
| Nursing | 82 |
Footnotes
*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.
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