Located in the quiet suburb of Highland Heights, Northern Kentucky University provides education opportunity more than 15,000 students served by nearly 2,400 faculty and staff on a thriving suburban campus near Cincinnati. The University provides a private school education for a fraction of the cost. 

The Northern Kentucky University develops rapidly and has opened the $37 million, 144,000-square-foot student union building, as well as The Bank of Kentucky Center, a $60 million, 9,400-seat arena for basketball games and other events in 2008.

Besides new buildings that have been raised or many championships that have been won, the University's primary goal is graduating talented students who will become the leaders of tomorrow.
Northern Kentucky University is expanding and growing with new online degree programs and courses. Online degree programs are designed for those students who are intersted in advancing their career, developing new competencies, or pursuing new professional options, but your busy life makes getting to campus difficult. Enrolling in an online program at NKU allows students to earn a degree or certificate at a time and place convenient to them. The diversity of the programs means each student can fulfill his/her true potential in a variety of highly sought-after fields.