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Nursing at Northern Kentucky University

If you are interested in studying nursing, 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, 466 students received their master's degree in nursing.

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

NKU Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Nursing

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 nursing at the following degree levels:

NKU Nursing Rankings

There were 82 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Nursing Master’s Program

88% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 466 students who graduated with a master’s in nursing from NKU in 2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from NKU, 86% 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 nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 36
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 401
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses 46,130 $63,100
Medical and Health Services Managers 5,000 $91,820
Nurse Practitioners 3,160 $99,790
Nurse Anesthetists 1,160 $172,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors 690 $73,170

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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