Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky · Public

All 57 assessed programs leave graduates out-earning a typical Kentucky high-school graduate (about $35,424/yr). Another 76 could not be assessed.

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My family earns and I expect to take

Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$2,603
$30k to $48k	$3,630
$48k to $75k	$6,761
$75k to $110k	$12,679
$110k and up	$14,522
All families (average)	$8,191

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

57 of 133 programs could be assessed 43% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Kentucky high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Nursing	Master's Degree	$111,560	+$76,136	clears the bar	$40,975	0.5 yrs	662
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$67,319	+$31,895	clears the bar	$19,500	0.6 yrs	409
Business	Master's Degree	$94,965	+$59,541	clears the bar	$29,830	0.5 yrs	277
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$77,404	+$41,980	clears the bar	$23,050	0.5 yrs	274
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$42,709	+$7,285	clears the bar	$23,457	3.2 yrs	125
Law	First Professional Degree	$74,937	+$39,513	clears the bar	$101,097	2.6 yrs	119
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$82,982	+$47,558	clears the bar	$22,925	0.5 yrs	114
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$47,280	+$11,856	clears the bar	$24,500	2.1 yrs	101
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$50,322	+$14,898	clears the bar	$22,100	1.5 yrs	82
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$44,914	+$9,490	clears the bar	$24,412	2.6 yrs	80
Social Work	Master's Degree	$55,285	+$19,861	clears the bar	$32,038	1.6 yrs	65
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$53,082	+$17,658	clears the bar	$22,431	1.3 yrs	63
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$73,478	+$38,054	clears the bar	$18,750	0.5 yrs	62
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$65,960	+$30,536	clears the bar	$25,000	0.8 yrs	61
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$56,999	+$21,575	clears the bar	$20,852	1.0 yrs	58
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$61,173	+$25,749	clears the bar	$27,250	1.1 yrs	55
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$55,835	+$20,411	clears the bar	$22,812	1.1 yrs	52
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$35,624	+$200	clears the bar	$18,057	90.3 yrs	50
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$42,684	+$7,260	clears the bar	$24,883	3.4 yrs	46
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$44,834	+$9,410	clears the bar	$25,417	2.7 yrs	39
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$49,961	+$14,537	clears the bar	$24,400	1.7 yrs	39
English	Bachelor's Degree	$44,385	+$8,961	clears the bar	$21,092	2.4 yrs	37
Accounting	Master's Degree	$88,157	+$52,733	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$88,492	+$53,068	clears the bar	$26,000	0.5 yrs	31
History	Bachelor's Degree	$48,109	+$12,685	clears the bar	$24,484	1.9 yrs	30
Construction Management	Bachelor's Degree	$81,833	+$46,409	clears the bar	$17,875	0.4 yrs	29
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	$49,989	+$14,565	clears the bar	$24,225	1.7 yrs	26
Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$50,009	+$14,585	clears the bar	$25,000	1.7 yrs	22
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$52,703	+$17,279	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$85,697	+$50,273	clears the bar	$22,125	0.4 yrs	20
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$48,949	+$13,525	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	$60,175	+$24,751	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Information Science	Master's Degree	$110,142	+$74,718	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$71,983	+$36,559	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Associate's Degree	$40,516	+$5,092	clears the bar	$18,625	3.7 yrs	15
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$65,038	+$29,614	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$75,814	+$40,390	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Health Sciences	Master's Degree	$85,127	+$49,703	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$99,691 1-year earnings	+$64,267	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$50,668	+$15,244	clears the bar	$19,500	1.3 yrs	12
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$45,738	+$10,314	clears the bar	$27,000	2.6 yrs	11
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	$78,318	+$42,894	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Medical Illustration and Informatics	Master's Degree	$105,350	+$69,926	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$42,964	+$7,540	clears the bar	$27,000	3.6 yrs	9
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$47,343	+$11,919	clears the bar	$26,803	2.2 yrs	8
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$44,561	+$9,137	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$41,730	+$6,306	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$69,610	+$34,186	clears the bar	$19,465	0.6 yrs	1
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$68,409	+$32,985	clears the bar	$21,237	0.6 yrs	1
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$60,377	+$24,953	clears the bar	$23,000	0.9 yrs	0
Business	Bachelor's Degree	$67,174	+$31,750	clears the bar	$27,750	0.9 yrs	0
Human Resources	Master's Degree	$137,370	+$101,946	clears the bar	$40,705	0.4 yrs	0
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$67,018	+$31,594	clears the bar	$20,500	0.6 yrs	0
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	$92,849	+$57,425	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$138,264 1-year earnings	+$102,840	clears the bar	$63,614	0.6 yrs	insufficient data
Nursing	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	$122,300	+$86,876	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Business	Associate's Degree	$72,323	+$36,899	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	102
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	75
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$19,500	insufficient data	41
Non-Professional Legal Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Social Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
School Counseling	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Counseling Psychology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Medical Illustration and Informatics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
IT Administration and Management	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Medical Illustration and Informatics	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Engineering Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Non-Professional Legal Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Homeland Security	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Management Information Systems	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Public Relations and Advertising	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Computer Software and Media Applications	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
IT Administration and Management	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
IT Administration and Management	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Management Information Systems	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Literature	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Healthcare Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Business/Corporate Communications	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Business/Managerial Economics	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Management Information Systems	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Public Relations and Advertising	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Computer Software and Media Applications	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
IT Administration and Management	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Teacher Education (by subject)	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Counseling Psychology	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Homeland Security	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Geography and Cartography	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Geography and Cartography	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Medical Illustration and Informatics	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Business Administration	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Business/Corporate Communications	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Management Information Systems	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($35,424/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.