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Computer Science at Northern Kentucky University

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Northern Kentucky University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and has a total student population of 16,211.

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

NKU Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science

NKU Computer Science Rankings

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Computer Science Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Computer Science Master’s Program

17% Women
Of the 6 computer science students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NKU, about 83% were men and 17% were women.

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Of the students who received a computer science master's degree from NKU, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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
Software Applications Developers 5,700 $86,300
Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,800 $119,470
Computer Workers 2,500 $79,420
Systems Software Developers 2,300 $84,300
Computer Network Support Specialists 1,510 $57,890

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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