On NKU's campus, there is a 200-year-old cabin on the Honors House lawn called Gosley Cabin. It was placed there to remind the campus of the nation's educational roots. Learn more about NKU and campus under Campus Terminology.
Check Us Out
Find a complete list of numbers, statistics and other data from NKU's Office of Institutional Research.
Campus
- Located in Highland Heights, Kentucky
- Within Cincinnati metropolitan area
- Four-year public university
- Founded in 1968
- Accredited by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools
Students
- Students enrolled, fall 2007: 14,807
- Undergraduates: 12,725
- Graduate: 1,538
- Law: 544
- Female: 8,656, male: 6,151
- Full-time: 9,850, part-time: 4,957
- Students from 47 states and 53 countries
- From Kentucky: 10,196
- From Boone, Campbell, or Kenton County: 8,248
Faculty
- Full-time faculty: 601
- Student-faculty ratio: 14 to 1
- All classes taught by full-time or part-time faculty; no graduate teaching assistants
Degree programs and learning
- 68 bachelor's degree programs, 6 associate, and 17 graduate
- More than 230 students participated in study abroad programs in 2006-2007
- 1,624 bachelor's degrees awarded, 2006-2007
- Most popular bachelor's degree majors: nursing, education, criminal justice, marketing, psychology
Student Life
- 1,400 residence hall spaces
- 100+ campus clubs and organizations
- NCAA Division II athletics, 13 varsity sports
- Member, Great Lakes Valley Conference
- Winner GLVC All-Sports Trophy five times between 2000 and 2006
- Women's basketball national champions, 2000 and 2008
Other Information
- Fiscal year 2007-2008 budget: $175,000,000
- Portion of budget from regular state appropriation: $55,100,000 (31.5%)
- Portion of budget from tuition and fees: $93,690,000 (53.5%)
- Total employees as of November 1, 2007: 2,379
- 92% of alumni survey respondents said they would recommend NKU to family and friends
