Environmental Science at Northern Kentucky University

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study environmental science, take a look at what Northern Kentucky University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year.

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

NKU Environmental Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences

NKU Environmental Science Rankings

The bioenvironmental sciences major at NKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Science. 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.

Bioenvironmental Sciences Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Environmental Science Bachelor’s Program

57% Women

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bioenvironmental sciences 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 bioenvironmental sciences.

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

Careers That Bioenvironmental Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioenvironmental sciences 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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,200	$51,740

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
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