Northern Kentucky University

If you want safety NKU is definitely the place you need to be. Safest school in the tristate area. Great professors. Great staff and great idea. The only thing is that this is a commuter school. That being said people come to learn then they leave campus to go to work or live their life. I don’t feel NKU will ever shake that title no matter how hard they try. It’s hard to find things to do on weekends and weeknights since no none stays on campus plus its a college in a small town with nothing to do. So you might have to do things you don’t want to like join Greek Life or maybe just know someone who knows some one. Also smaller class sizes means you might be here longer than 4 yrs since you can’t get into those classes. So there, you were warned. NKU is still a great school to attend though

Go Norse! The best college in the Tristate area! Nothing else really needs to be said!

Ok as a student I can say this about nku the professors are fantastic as are the classes everything else blows. A lot of people will say northern is a safe campus what they won’t tell you is that it is a boring campus, and that the administration may be among the most incompetent people on the freaking planet! Financial aid is frequently screwed up classes are scheduled in infrequent blocks blackboard deletes a ton of work, and the wifi is absolutely broken on most of campus, add this to the fact that the president covers up a ton of scandals and the shitty «division one» team that exists only to jack tuition up by 3% a year and you will know why everything they tell you at orientation is a lie. So If you decide to go here for the love of God be a commuter and avoid the administration as much as you can if you want to avoid a headache.

I have no experience as a student, but have attended numerous events that were open to the public and each has been well-​run with excellent signage and ample parking. The most recent event were back to back days of National Geographic photographers lecturing on their travels and images. The students I have met have been nice and helpful as we’ve navigated the campus.

Great place for roller derby. I have been here for several events and enjoyed them all. This place is just fun to attend as the vibe is positive.

NKU, is the cool school in the Cincinnati area.
its much safer on this side of the river.

I loved attending NKU so much that I got a bachelor’s degree from there in 1995 and a Master’s in 2008. That was after I got a Master’s degree in 2002 from Xavier. All of the teachers I had at NKU were absolutely phenomenal. I cannot say the same about the teachers I had at Xavier. The class sizes are small. You get personal attention and feel like the professors really care. For the price, I think NKU provides a quality education. Do I wish it had the quaint limestone buildings and beautiful landscape of IU or UNC? Absolutely. But, for price and quality locally, I don’t think you can beat NKU.

I received my master degree at NKU.
The No Knowledge College is no more. This a full fledged university sporting one of the better IT curriculum in the area. The campus is way ahead of others technologically and the METS center is an unbelievable venue for corporate meetings or conferences.
The main campus has won several awards for accessibility. It has the best cafeteria I’ve ever seen with many, many vegan vegetarian and healthy options. Most of the food is prepared, processed and packaged on campus.
Chase College of Law has an incredible reputation in the area and sports an extremely strong alumni. In fact, NKU has a strong alumni base and most of the folks who went there truly loved it — not for the sports teams but for the education they received.
Speaking of — NKU wisely chose NOT to have a football which is a huge money suck for most colleges and instead opted for a single strong basketball program. And just went to Division I.
It has a reputation in the area as a wonderful place to work and most of the operations and infrastructure are centralized which means that rep won’t differ from department to department too much.
BTW — Cincinnatians will not pay out of state tuition.
Great university.

didn’t go here, but i love it.
bank of kentucky center and wnku and their nfp studies program = awesome.
lots of former students have gone here and all praise it.

Chase has a great reputation in this region and a wonderful alumni base

I really enjoyed my 3.5 years at Northern. The history department is fantastic and the faculty is always understanding and looking to help students. Before I went to NKU I had a terrible 2.6 GPA and when I left I had a 3.85 and fully prepared for a career and/​or law school. Northern taught me to love learning and have intellectual conversations.
I went for free and graduated magna cum laude so it’s very hard for me to be completely objective. The campus is really ugly and is built like a bunker. Honestly if you ever are looking to survive a nuclear blast, hide out in Northern. The career services there also really sucks and you have to be really career minded or else you’ll end up unemployed for awhile after graduation. It’s also a commuter school, so don’t expect a thriving campus life with tons of parties and groups. Still when you break it down to bang for your buck and quality of education, Northern is the tops and I feel that it is a school that really turned my life around and allowed me to grow as a person.

I have just completed my first semester as a Masters candidate for the English department, and I have to say, I am completely smitten with my program.
As a fan of words, I find it ironic that I adore my school so much that it practically leaves me incapable of articulating such adoration, but then I guess that is one of the mysteries of the heart: being left speechless.
I might very well be singing a different tune as I get deeper into my program, but having talked with my fellow students who are further along than myself, they love NKU as much as I do.
If you’re thinking of going back to school, contact the advisor in your chosen program and meet with them to discuss if NKU would be a good fit for you. It has certainly changed my entire outlook on life.

Besides classes themselves, you can almost always find other activities going on around campus that are usually shared via sidewalk chalk. Nku is great a school filled with all walks of life and many majors to choose from.

I’ve spent my last 2 years at NKU — I’m about to graduate in December. I am majoring in Media Informatics and a minor in Fine Arts. My experience thus far has been quite excellent!
As a previous student at University of Cincinnati, I can say I have enjoyed my time here just as much as I did at UC. Media Informatics has been such a great fit for me! I get to do a variety of things — from 2D/​3D animation to web design to some basic computer programming courses, I have finally gained the skill set I was looking for.
I’ve met a lot of great friends, and my advisor has been absolutely fantastic at helping me make sure I’m signed up for all the right classes and making all the deadlines.
Not only that, my academic schedule is much more flexible than when I attended University of Cincinnati! I’ve been able to move around my classes to accommodate for my work schedule. The tuition isn’t awful; I was able to get in-​state tuition as a previous UC student.
I am thrilled to say this is exactly the kind of education I was looking for; I will graduate with a B.A. and I feel confident I can go on to succeed in any real work environment.

24 straight months of attendance — the last 9 of which were spent in purgatory. Contacted a Deputy Sheriff, County Attorney, FBI, and now hiring private attorney. After a student expressed thoughts of killing me to an NKU counselor, 2 staff members called him ‘a nice guy.’ More updates after consultation with the private attorney and I move to a new location for personal safety.
It’s going to cost me more than a year to catch up at a new University and thousands of dollars to relocate and acquire a third dwelling to occupy. I don’t know the cost of the private attorney yet.
Moral of the story — if someone is being stalked and asks for you to escort them across the street, don’t do it. Stalkers don’t like for anyone to come between them and their prey.

«I LUUUUUUUUUV NKU» as stated in the Student Orientation.
Northern truly is on the rise. Many like to put it down, but it is growing faster than any other school in the state. It has great things ahead of it. Dr. Vortruba is a great asset to the institution and is a great reason that it is thriving the way it is. I believe in the next 10 years it will be Division-​1.
Much thanks to him and the professors that make it a great place to be.
Mentioning that NKU scores in the top 10 schools for professors on the popular website «
The addition of the Bank of Kentucky Center, which will be a top rival to the popular USBank Arena in Downtown Cincinnati, and the addition of the multi-​million dollar new Student Union, as well as the new College of Informatics Building, which ground will be broke for in May; lead only good things to come for Northern.
Where other schools in the tri-​state have been in existence for 100+ years, and NKU has only been around for 40 and it’s the second largest school in the Greater Cincinnati Area. Promising things are coming for this institution.

I never attended NKU, nor lived in this area, however, I do have friends that come here, and I spent a few weeks on campus a few years ago.
Honestly, it was amazing.
Being from California, I never see snow. The last few days of my stay it snowed, and the campus was really pretty covered in a white blanket. The dorm rooms are great too. Had a ton of fun!
The food isn’t bad either. Haha. I stole Logans card a few nights and ate, when he was out with the lady friend.
Overall, I surprisingly had some great memories here!

I have only driven through, but it looks like a modern, extensive campus. I know some people joke about it being a concrete campus, but I think that was in years past… I noticed a fair amount of green space and trees.
Of course the newest addition is exciting… the Bank of Kentucky arena that is now open, I believe. My husband took a tour a few months ago and said it was impressive. It will bring some events to this side of the river, for sure.
I know plenty of people who have undergraduate and graduate degrees from NKU and haven’t really heard anything negative about the school.