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Northern Kentucky University Master’s in Nursing

108 Master's Degrees Awarded
$92,164 Average Salary

The main focus area for this major is Registered Nursing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Northern Kentucky University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in nursing, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Nursing from NKU Cost?

$11,418 Average Tuition and Fees

NKU Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at NKU paid an average of $943 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $613 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$11,034$16,974
Fees$384$384

How Much Can You Make With a Master’s in Nursing From NKU?

$92,164 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

nursing who receive their master’s degree from NKU make an average of $92,164 a year during the early days of their career. That is 5% lower than the national average of $97,473.

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Does NKU Offer an Online Master’s in Nursing?

Online degrees for the NKU nursing master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NKU Online Learning page.

NKU Master’s Student Diversity for Nursing

108 Master's Degrees Awarded
81.5% Women
7.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 108 students received their master’s degree in nursing. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 81.5% of the students who received their Master’s in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 86.9%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in nursing at NKU in 2019-2020, 7.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian0
Black or African American4
Hispanic or Latino2
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White100
International Students0
Other Races/Ethnicities2

Master’s in Nursing Focus Areas at NKU

Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Registered Nursing108

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Health Sciences & Services15
Mental & Social Health Services8
Medical Illustration & Informatics14

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References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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