Liberal Arts at Northern Kentucky University

Every liberal arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal 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 Liberal Arts section at the bottom of this page.

NKU Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Studies
• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies

NKU Liberal Arts Rankings

The liberal studies major at NKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts. 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.

Liberal Studies Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Liberal Arts Associate’s Program

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

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in liberal studies at NKU are white. Around 95% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NKU Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal studies 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 liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	54
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal 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
Professors	890	$50,500

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.