Student Population at Northern Kentucky University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
15,801	10,776	5,025

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 15,801 students have enrolled in Northern Kentucky University with 10,776 undergraduate and 5,025 graduate students.

By gender, 5,729 male and 10,072 female students are attending the school.

It has more students compared to similar colleges (12,612 students in average - public Doctoral / Research University).

6,567 students are enrolled exclusively, and 5,059 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Northern Kentucky University has a total of 15,801 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 10,776 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,025 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,729 male and 10,072 female students (the male-female ratio is 36:64) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,801	10,776	5,025
Men	5,729	4,361	1,368
Women	10,072	6,415	3,657

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 12,124 White, 1,378 Black, and 326 Asian students out of a total of 15,801 are attending at Northern Kentucky University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	20	8	12
Asian	326	128	198
Black	1,378	394	984
Hispanic	663	229	434
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	17	8	9
White	12,124	4,401	7,723
Two or more races	440	139	301
Race Unknown	346	145	201

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	14	6	8
Asian	179	83	96
Black	668	224	444
Hispanic	477	180	297
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	13	7	6
White	8,387	3,382	5,005
Two or more races	346	119	227
Race Unknown	260	109	151

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	6	2	4
Asian	147	45	102
Black	710	170	540
Hispanic	186	49	137
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	1	3
White	3,737	1,019	2,718
Two or more races	94	20	74
Race Unknown	86	36	50

Student Age Distribution

By age, NKU has 1,450 students under 18 years old and 63 students over 65 years old. There are 9,503 students under 25 years old, and 6,298 students over 25 years old out of 15,801 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,450 students are younger than 18 and 35 students are older than 65. NKU has 8,867 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,909 students aged 25 and over.

It has 636 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,389 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1,450	907	543
18-19	2,772	1,635	1,137
20-21	2,845	1,660	1,185
22-24	2,436	1,408	1,028
25-29	1,985	1,330	655
30-34	1,321	913	408
35-39	1,018	736	282
40-49	1,338	1,017	321
50-64	573	432	141
Over 65	63	34	29

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1,450	907	543
18-19	2,772	1,635	1,137
20-21	2,821	1,642	1,179
22-24	1,824	1,015	809
25-29	710	400	310
30-34	402	251	151
35-39	287	204	83
40-49	342	247	95
50-64	133	99	34
Over 65	35	15	20

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Northern Kentucky University, 6,567 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,059 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,747 students lived in Kentucky or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,820 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	15,801	6,567	5,059
Undergraduate	10,776	2,545	4,631
Graduate	5,025	4,022	428

Online Student Population by Locality
	Kentucky Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	3,747	2,809	11
Undergraduate	1,975	564	6
Graduate	1,772	2,245	5

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,776 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 650 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.03%.432 students have transferred in as full-time status and 218 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	6,980
Transfer-in Full-time	432
Regular Part-time	3,146
Transfer-in Part-time	218

Student Population at Northern Kentucky University

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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