Enrollment Trends at NKU

The student population at Northern Kentucky University is 15,801 (10,776 undergraduate and 5,025 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 538 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NKU is 68.20% which is decreased by 2,018 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,556 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

6,567 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 304.87% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,247 where 15,801 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

68.20% of total students is undergraduate students and 31.80% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,018 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,556 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NKU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northern Kentucky University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,263	12,794	5,812	6,982	2,469	901	1,568
2014-15	15,090 -173	12,809 15	5,820 8	6,989 7	2,281 -188	818 -83	1,463 -105
2015-16	14,699 -391	12,531 -278	5,550 -270	6,981 -8	2,168 -113	783 -35	1,385 -78
2016-17	14,542 -157	12,380 -151	5,379 -171	7,001 20	2,162 -6	766 -17	1,396 11
2017-18	14,456 -86	12,329 -51	5,367 -12	6,962 -39	2,127 -35	753 -13	1,374 -22
2018-19	14,764 308	11,914 -415	4,984 -383	6,930 -32	2,850 723	915 162	1,935 561
2019-20	15,664 900	11,868 -46	4,866 -118	7,002 72	3,796 946	1,059 144	2,737 802
2020-21	16,211 547	11,507 -361	4,617 -249	6,890 -112	4,704 908	1,247 188	3,457 720
2021-22	15,979 -232	10,814 -693	4,300 -317	6,514 -376	5,165 461	1,339 92	3,826 369
2022-23	15,801 -178	10,776 -38	4,361 61	6,415 -99	5,025 -140	1,368 29	3,657 -169
Average	15,247	11,972	5,106	6,867	3,275	995	2,280

Northern Kentucky University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,972 where 10,776 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Northern Kentucky University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,794	9,736	4,478	5,258	3,058	1,334	1,724
2014-15	12,809	9,433	4,342	5,091	3,376	1,478	1,898
2015-16	12,531	9,268	4,200	5,068	3,263	1,350	1,913
2016-17	12,380	9,184	4,062	5,122	3,196	1,317	1,879
2017-18	12,329	8,962	3,955	5,007	3,367	1,412	1,955
2018-19	11,914	8,551	3,630	4,921	3,363	1,354	2,009
2019-20	11,868	8,243	3,460	4,783	3,625	1,406	2,219
2020-21	11,507	8,024	3,280	4,744	3,483	1,337	2,146
2021-22	10,814	7,598	3,073	4,525	3,216	1,227	1,989
2022-23	10,776	7,412	3,069	4,343	3,364	1,292	2,072
Average	11,972	11,972	3,755	4,886	11,972	1,351	1,980

Northern Kentucky University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,275 where 5,025 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Northern Kentucky University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,469	861	357	504	1,608	544	1,064
2014-15	2,281	771	316	455	1,510	502	1,008
2015-16	2,168	743	310	433	1,425	473	952
2016-17	2,162	712	291	421	1,450	475	975
2017-18	2,127	778	307	471	1,349	446	903
2018-19	2,850	952	331	621	1,898	584	1,314
2019-20	3,796	1,205	357	848	2,591	702	1,889
2020-21	4,704	1,206	379	827	3,498	868	2,630
2021-22	5,165	1,312	364	948	3,853	975	2,878
2022-23	5,025	1,221	372	849	3,804	996	2,808
Average	3,275	3,275	338	638	3,275	657	1,642

Northern Kentucky University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.73%. The percentage was 82.95% 10 years ago and NKU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.06% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.72% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northern Kentucky University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	47	154	969	343	19	12,661	236
2014-15	55	166	996	379	17	12,551	252
2015-16	51	167	975	416	10	12,229	318
2016-17	43	173	995	446	8	12,008	334
2017-18	30	180	1,009	449	11	11,872	364
2018-19	35	187	1,032	456	16	12,133	385
2019-20	29	247	1,148	533	9	12,736	449
2020-21	25	302	1,293	593	20	13,012	460
2021-22	24	314	1,383	605	18	12,639	433
2022-23	20	326	1,378	663	17	12,124	440
Average	36	222	1,118	488	15	12,397	367

Northern Kentucky University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6,567 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 42% of total students. The number of online students has increased 304.87% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northern Kentucky University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	15,090	1,622	3,625	9,843
2015-16	14,699	1,575	3,972	9,152
2016-17	14,542	1,582	4,299	8,661
2017-18	14,456	1,671	4,449	8,336
2018-19	14,764	2,740	4,827	7,197
2019-20	15,664	4,157	914	10,593
2020-21	16,211	7,835	7,331	1,045
2021-22	15,979	6,629	5,476	3,874
2022-23	15,801	6,567	5,059	4,175
Average	15,245	3,820	4,439	6,986

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