Northern Kentucky University Student Population and Demographics

NKU Student Population

There are 15,801 students including 10,776 undergraduate and 5,025 graduate students at Northern Kentucky University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 8,633 full-time and 7,168 part-time students with gender distribution of 5,729 male and 10,072 female students. Northern Kentucky University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 6,567 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northern Kentucky University has a total enrollment of 15,801 with a gender distribution of 36.26% male (5,729 students) and 63.74% female (10,072 students). There are 4,361 male and 6,415 female students in undergraduate school and 1,368 male and 3,657 female students are attending graduate school at Northern Kentucky University.

Student Population By Gender
Northern Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,801	5,729	10,072
Undergraduate	10,776	4,361	6,415
Graduate	5,025	1,368	3,657
Full-time	8,633	3,441	5,192
Part-time	7,168	2,288	4,880

[Chart] Northern Kentucky University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northern Kentucky University has 8,633 full-time and 7,168 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,412 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,364 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,221 students are full-time and 3,804 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northern Kentucky University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	15,801	8,633	7,168
Undergraduate	10,776	7,412	3,364
Graduate	5,025	1,221	3,804
Men	5,729	3,441	2,288
Women	10,072	5,192	4,880

[Chart] Northern Kentucky University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northern Kentucky University, 6,567 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,059 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 15,801 students. In undergraduate schools, 7,176 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 4,450 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northern Kentucky University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,801	10,776	5,025
Online Exclusively	6,567	2,545	4,022
In Some Online Classes	5,059	4,631	428
Not In Online Classes	4,175	3,600	575

[Chart] Northern Kentucky University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northern Kentucky University. There are 20 American Indian/Native American, 12,124 White, 1,378 Black/African American, 326 Asian, 663 Hispanic, 17 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 284 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northern Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,801	5,729	10,072
American Indian/Native American	20	8	12
Asian	326	128	198
Black/African American	1,378	394	984
Hispanic	663	229	434
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	8	9
White	12,124	4,401	7,723
Two More	440	139	301
Race Un-Known	346	145	201

[Chart] Northern Kentucky UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Northern Kentucky University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,801	10,776	5,025
Under 18	1,450	1,450	0
Age 18-19	2,772	2,772	0
Age 20-21	2,845	2,821	24
Age 22-24	2,436	1,824	612
Age 25-29	1,985	710	1,275
Age 30-34	1,321	402	919
Age 35-39	1,018	287	731
Age 40-49	1,338	342	996
Age 50-64	573	133	440
Over 64	63	35	28
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Northern Kentucky University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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