Nursing at Northern Kentucky University

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if Northern Kentucky University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

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 Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

NKU Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

NKU Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at NKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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.

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 Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing 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 nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	202
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

NKU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from NKU, 76% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	103
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	505
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Registered Nursing	717
Nursing Practice	82
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	71

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Health Sciences & Services

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.