Award winning programs. Convenient online options. Small class and cohort sizes.
Coupled with our personalized student focus, these features make Northern Kentucky University the premier choice for furthering your education and enhancing your career path. Our graduate programs are born in theory and grown in practice, giving you the core competencies and the confidence needed to succeed and lead in your career.
Whether you are a part-time or full-time student, relocating or local, pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree, new graduate student orientation is designed to assist both on campus and online students in your transition to graduate study at Northern Kentucky University.
General graduate student policies can be found in the graduate catalog. Students are governed by the catalog for the year he/she was admitted. The student Honor Code sets standards of academic integrity and provides procedures that offers basic assurances of fundamental fairness to anyone accused of violations of these rules.
Several options are available to finance your graduate degree. Financial aid is available for any degree-seeking student who has been fully admitted into a graduate degree program, as well as for students who have been admitted to the first term provisionally.
After successful completion of the program requirements for the dissertation/thesis/project and after the committee has indicated the student has passed, the student should make all required changes to the document (if applicable to the student’s particular work).
Commencement exercises at Northern Kentucky University are held in both May and December. The December ceremony is for students completing degree requirements in the fall and preceding summer semester. The May ceremony is for students completing degree requirements in the spring semester. Information regarding the ceremony, purchasing caps, gowns, hoods, and ordering announcements will be sent to all degree candidates.
There is no shortage of things to do in the Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati area. Activities - both on and off campus - will entertain, and help you grow as a student and a person. From Community Connections to the Campus Recreation Center, NKU offers ways to help the community and help yourself. Participate in Norse traditions by attending music and theater performances, athletic events and more.
Business Leadership & Innovation
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Educational Leadership, M.A. ED.
Education: Teacher as Leader *
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
MBA *
MSN *
Teaching *
* Programs are available online
Alternative Certification in Special Education *
Corporate Information Security
* Programs are available online
MBA (Master of Business Administration) |
$17,259 |
$507/credit hour |
33 credit hours |
Master of Accountancy: Professional Track |
$16,680 |
$540/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Master of Accountancy: Data Analytics/Data Visualization |
$16,680 |
$540/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
MAT: Middle Grades |
$15,408 |
$412/credit hour |
36 credit hours |
MAT: Secondary Education |
$15,408 |
$412/credit hour |
36 credit hours |
Education: Teacher as Leader in Curriculum & Instruction |
$12,840 |
$412/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Education: Teacher as Leader in Special Education |
$12,840 |
$412/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Education: Teacher as Leader in Autism & Applied Behavior Analysis |
$14,124 |
$412/credit hour |
33 credit hours |
Education: Teacher as Leader in Learning & Behavior Disorders (LBD) |
As low as $12,840 |
$412/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Education: Teacher as Leader in Moderate & Severe Disabilities (MSD) |
As low as $12,840 |
$412/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Education Specialist in Teaching and Leading: Curriculum & Instruction |
$12,840 |
$412/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Education Specialist in Teaching and Leading: Autism & Applied Behavior Analysis |
$14,124 |
$412/credit hour |
36 credit hours |
Education Specialist in Teaching and Leading: Learning and Behavior Disorders |
As low as $12,840 |
$412/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Education Specialist in Teaching and Leading: Special Education |
$12,840 |
$412/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Alternative Certification in Special Education: Learning & Behavior Disorders (LBD) |
As low as $14,124 |
$412/credit hours |
33 credit hours |
Alternative Certification in Special Education: Moderate & Severe Disabilities (MSD) |
As low as $8,132 |
$412/credit hour |
19-37 credit hours |
MSN: Nursing Education |
$20,132 |
$578/credit hour |
33 credit hours |
MSN: Nurse Executive Leadership |
$19,867 |
$578/credit hour |
33 credit hours |
MSN: Family Nurse Practitioner |
$29,892 |
$578/credit hour |
48 credit hours |
MSN: Adult-Gero Acute Care Nurse Practitioner |
$28,970 |
$578/credit hour |
47 credit hours |
MSN: Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner |
$28,932 |
$578/credit hour |
47 credit hours |
Post-Master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) |
$22,120 |
$616/credit hour |
35 credit hours |
Post-Master’s Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate |
$22,656 |
$578/credit hour |
36 credit hours |
Post-Master’s Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate |
$21,804 |
$578/credit hour |
35 credit hours |
Post-Master’s Adult-Gero Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate |
$21,804 |
$578/credit hour |
35 credit hours |
Nurse Practitioner to Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate |
$12,894 |
$578/credit hour |
20 credit hours |
Health Administration |
$19,142 |
$547/credit hour |
34 credit hours |
Health Care Commercialization Certificate |
$10,494 |
$567/credit hour |
18 credit hours |
Social Work |
$38,920 |
$631/credit hour |
60 credit hours |
Advanced Standing Social Work |
$19,460 |
$631/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Cybersecurity |
$16,990 |
$517/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Cybersecurity: Fundamentals in the Cloud |
$4,917 |
$517/credit hour |
9 credit hours |
Business Informatics: Business Analytics |
$16,560 |
$536/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Business Informatics: Healthcare Informatics |
$16,560 |
$536/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Business Informatics: Security Management |
$16,560 |
$536/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Business Analytics Certificate |
$9,936 |
$536/credit hour |
18 credit hours |
Business Informatics Certificate |
$9,936 |
$536/credit hour |
18 credit hours |
Health Informatics |
$19,800 |
$584/credit hour |
33 credit hours |
Health Informatics Certificate |
$10,800 |
$584/credit hour |
18 credit hours |
Legal Studies: Digital Law & Technology |
$20,670 |
$673/credit hour |
30 credit hours |
Micro-credentials can demonstrate your mastery of relevant workplace skills, abilities and competencies, which is professionally invaluable not only to you, but also to your employer.
