Northern Kentucky University Student Population and Demographics

NKU Student Population

There are 15,347 students including 10,163 undergraduate and 5,184 graduate students at Northern Kentucky University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 8,554 full-time and 6,793 part-time students with gender distribution of 5,697 male and 9,650 female students.

Northern Kentucky University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 6,624 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northern Kentucky University has a total enrollment of 15,347 with a gender distribution of 37.12% male (5,697 students) and 62.88% female (9,650 students). There are 4,216 male and 5,947 female students in undergraduate school and 1,481 male and 3,703 female students are attending graduate school at Northern Kentucky University.

Student Population By Gender
Northern Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,347	5,697	9,650
Undergraduate	10,163	4,216	5,947
Graduate	5,184	1,481	3,703
Full-time	8,554	3,390	5,164
Part-time	6,793	2,307	4,486

[Chart] Northern Kentucky University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northern Kentucky University has 8,554 full-time and 6,793 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,070 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,093 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,484 students are full-time and 3,700 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northern Kentucky University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	15,347	8,554	6,793
Undergraduate	10,163	7,070	3,093
Graduate	5,184	1,484	3,700
Men	5,697	3,390	2,307
Women	9,650	5,164	4,486

[Chart] Northern Kentucky University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northern Kentucky University, 6,624 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,682 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 15,347 students.

In undergraduate schools, 6,703 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 4,603 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northern Kentucky University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,347	10,163	5,184
Online Exclusively	6,624	2,457	4,167
In Some Online Classes	4,682	4,246	436
Not In Online Classes	4,041	3,460	581

[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 18 American Indian/Native American, 11,428 White, 1,504 Black/African American, 353 Asian, 671 Hispanic, 8 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 334 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northern Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,347	5,697	9,650
American Indian/Native American	18	4	14
Asian	353	129	224
Black/African American	1,504	485	1,019
Hispanic	671	237	434
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	4	4
White	11,428	4,250	7,178
Two More	524	171	353
Race Un-Known	395	163	232

[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	15,347	10,163	5,184
Under 18	1,487	1,487	0
Age 18-19	2,409	2,407	2
Age 20-21	2,687	2,622	65
Age 22-24	2,514	1,753	761
Age 25-29	1,950	713	1,237
Age 30-34	1,283	407	876
Age 35-39	1,031	294	737
Age 40-49	1,385	329	1,056
Age 50-64	541	120	421
Over 64	60	31	29
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Northern Kentucky University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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