unitid 157447 · Highland Heights, KY · public 4-year · suburb (large)
Northern Kentucky University
- enrollment 2023
- 19,039
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
68%
24th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,246
66th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
25%
undergrads on Pell grants
29th pctl among public 4-years
completion
52%
finish within 150% time
64th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$19,725
35th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$8,191
after aid, aided students
22nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$50,220
after entry, Title IV students
50th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,000
79th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $2,603 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k24%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k21%
- 110k+22%
- Median family income
- $48,195
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,088
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 662 | $106,573 | — |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 353 | $114,221 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 341 | $63,791 | $20,500 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 231 | $70,920 | $31,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 139 | $86,745 | $25,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 131 | $41,370 | $27,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 113 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 105 | — | — |
| Law. | 102 | $83,680 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 92 | $42,365 | $26,088 |
| Social Work. | 90 | $54,909 | — |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 78 | $74,867 | $29,875 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.