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Health Sciences & Services at Northern Kentucky University

If you are interested in studying health sciences and services, you may want to check out the program at Northern Kentucky University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received their master's degree in health science.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Sciences & Services section at the bottom of this page.

NKU Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Health Science

Online Classes Are Available at NKU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NKU offers distance education options for health science at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

NKU Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Health Science Student Demographics at NKU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at Northern Kentucky University.

NKU Health Sciences & Services Master’s Program

86% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a master's degree in health science from NKU. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men.

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Of the students who received a health science master's degree from NKU, 81% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Kentucky University with a master's in health science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Community Health Workers 1,220 $38,210

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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