Legal Studies at Northern Kentucky University

Every legal studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the legal studies 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 Legal Studies section at the bottom of this page.

NKU Legal Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Studies
• Master’s Degree in Legal Studies

NKU Legal Studies Rankings

The legal studies major at NKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Studies. 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.

Legal Studies Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Legal Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of legal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical legal studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 38% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

NKU Legal Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of legal studies master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Of the students who received a legal studies master's degree from NKU, 73% 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 legal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Legal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in legal studies 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

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.