Information Technology at Northern Kentucky University

Every information technology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the it program at Northern Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and has a total student population of 16,211.

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

NKU Information Technology Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in IT (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT
• Master’s Degree in IT

NKU Information Technology Rankings

The it major at NKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

IT Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical it bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 44% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in it at NKU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NKU Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of it master's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

Of the students who received a it master's degree from NKU, 58% 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 it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Information Technology

Information Technology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Kentucky University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager	8

Related Majors

• Computer Science
• Information Science
• Computer Information Systems

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it 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
Computer User Support Specialists	6,180	$48,700
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	3,190	$64,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	2,800	$119,470
Computer Workers	2,500	$79,420

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.