Student Population at NKU

The following chart compares NKU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Kentucky.

The enrollment is close to the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Kentucky average (15,259 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Northern Kentucky University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 5,697 male and 9,650 female students attending NKU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.59 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at NKU.

By age, there are 9,097 students whose age under twenty five and 4,300 students whose age is over thirty years old at Northern Kentucky University.

Especially, 1,487 students are younger than eighteen and 60 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Northern Kentucky University.

At Northern Kentucky University, 11,306 students (73.67% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 6,624 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 3,745 students live in Kentucky where Northern Kentucky University is located in and 2,869 students have enrolled from other states.