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Northern Kentucky University Acceptance Rate & Admissions Info

4 Year

Public

Not-for-Profit

Award Completions

Less than one year certificate
Associate’s degree
Bachelor’s degree
Postbaccalaureate certificate
Master’s degree
Doctor’s degree – research/scholarship
Doctor’s degree – professional practice

State Abbreviation

Kentucky

NUNN DRHIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY 41099

Net Price

Admission Stats

Total enrollments (2022)

Average ACT

$7,443

80%

15801

22

Admission Deadlines

Competitiveness Scale

Average GPA

Average SAT

16-Jan

Normal

3.4

1134

Northern Kentucky is an above-average public university located in Highland Heights, Kentucky in the Cincinnati Area. It is a mid-size institution with an enrollment of 7,598 undergraduate students. The Northern Kentucky acceptance rate is 80%. Popular majors include Business, Nursing, and Liberal Arts and Humanities. Graduating 48% of students, Northern Kentucky alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $32,800.

How does college or university compare?

The acceptance rate for NKU is fifty-nine percent higher than the national average of all colleges which is around 56.7%.

Xavier University76.40%
Miami University-Oxford80.40%
University of Dayton72.00%
Morehead State University78.90%