General Computer & Information Sciences at Northern Kentucky University

If you plan to study general computer and information sciences, take a look at what Northern Kentucky University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students received a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences from NKU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

NKU General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

NKU General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer and information sciences programs across the country. The following shows how NKU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at NKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer & Information Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	168
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	177
	181
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	186
Best General Computer Science Schools	220
	248
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	256
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	432

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at NKU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Northern Kentucky University.

NKU General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 57 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in computer and information sciences from NKU in 2021, 93% were men and 7% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences at NKU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	38
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NKU also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Computer & Information Sciences
• Information Technology

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Computer Systems Analysts	4,310	$71,500
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	3,190	$64,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	2,800	$119,470
Computer Workers	2,500	$79,420
Computer Network Architects	1,160	$77,950

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.