Northern Kentucky University

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Everything we know

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

About

instance of	public university public educational institution of the United States
inception	1968
native label	Northern Kentucky University
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Highland Heights Campbell County Kentucky
street address	Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY, 41099
postal code	41099
coordinate location	39.0322, -84.4653
official website	http://www.nku.edu · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	16,211 · September 2020 12,582 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	1,971 · September 2020
admission rate	87% · 2020
admission yield rate	32% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	master's colleges and universities: larger programs high undergraduate four-year, large, primarily nonresidential research doctoral: single program - education four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence

Finances

endowment	$119,273,571 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (1) $131,189,583 · 30 June 2021

Structure and memberships

has part(s)	Salmon P. Chase College of Law
affiliation	Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities
member of	Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education American Association of State Colleges and Universities
athletics program	Northern Kentucky Norse

Other facts

number of viewers/listeners	4,892,241 · YouTube video views · YouTube channel ID: UCihg4AsFdd2zBP1LNSO2y5Q · YouTube handle: nku · 24 November 2025

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (1)

image	NKU-library-1.jpg

Wikimedia and technical details (5)

Commons category	Northern Kentucky University
topic's main category	Category:Northern Kentucky University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Northern Kentucky University alumni
topic has template	Template:Northern Kentucky University
social media followers	15,508 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 18235844 · 6 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 15,437 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 18235844 · 28 February 2022 15,125 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 18235844 · 5 January 2021 14,001 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 18235844 · 10 May 2018

Identifiers in other databases (37)

Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	12541019s
BIBSYS ID	4056361
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf11103680
Crunchbase organization ID	northern-kentucky-university
Facebook username	nkuedu
Freebase ID	/m/03p35n
GeoNames ID	6328743
GND ID	5295707-X
Google+ ID	116511733225585375843
GRID ID	grid.261132.5
IdRef ID	034681000
Instagram username	nkuedu
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	157447
ISNI	000000012180142X
J9U entity ID	987007455632005171
KISTI ID	K000207631
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n77008922
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	168416876
MusicBrainz place ID	8d19277c-48c4-4c61-8c26-ac9440f666ea
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100009814
OpenAlex ID	I168416876
OpenStreetMap relation ID	14675392
Quora topic ID	Northern-Kentucky-University
Ringgold ID	3897
ROR ID	01k44g025
SEVIS school ID	3317
SNARC ID	Q48955
subreddit	NKU
Times Higher Education World University ID	northern-kentucky-university
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)	ADV12562370
Vatican Library VcBA ID	494/25286
VIAF cluster ID	147721862
X (Twitter) username	nkuedu · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 14,001 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 18235844 · 10 May 2018
YouTube channel ID	UCihg4AsFdd2zBP1LNSO2y5Q · subject named as: Northern Kentucky University · number of works: 151 · number of subscribers: 1,230 · number of viewers/listeners: 95,470 · 7 December 2020
YouTube handle	nku · YouTube channel ID: UCihg4AsFdd2zBP1LNSO2y5Q · 21 October 2025
‎Scilit organization ID	2865
‎Yale LUX ID	group/2dd25244-8b41-4340-ad01-00892ac721ec