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
Education: Teacher as Leader *
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
MBA *
MSN *
* Programs are available online
Alternative Certification in Special Education *
Education Specialist - Educational Leadership *
Education Specialist - Teaching and Leading
Nurse Practitioner Advancement *
* Programs are available online
Business Analytics
Clinical Research
Corporate Information Security
Cultural Studies & Discourses
Health Care Commercialization *
Health Informatics *
* Programs are available online
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
Doctor of Nursing Practice - CRNA
Doctor of Occupational Therapy
* Programs are available online
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.
