Coaching staff
- Steve KruseCross Country/Track & Field Head Coach
- Paul LonganoCross Country/Track & Field Head Coach
- Natalie DragovichCross Country/Track & Field Assistant Coach
- Pamilla (P.J.) BallXC/Track & Field Assistant Coach
- Brooks RexroatAssistant Coach
- Wil DoeringAssistant Coach
- Brooks DoughtieAssistant Coach
Campus and facilities
Northern Kentucky University academic programs are organized into seven colleges. Northern Kentucky University students are also a part of individual chapters in numerous honor societies. Northern Kentucky's Alpha Beta Phi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the International History Honor Society, has won 18 consecutive best chapter awards.
- Established
- 1968
- Website
- nku.edu
Facilities
Academics
Language
English is the language of instruction at NKU
Fields of study
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Admissions and graduation
- Graduated within six years
- 54%
Graduation rate for full-time students who started in fall 2019. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Cost
Tuition and fees, 2025–26
- In-state
- $11,496 USD
- Out-of-state
- $22,752 USD
- International (same as out-of-state)
- $22,752 USD
Full cost for a first-year student
- Cost of attendance, 2024–25
- $19,772 USD
- Average net price, 2024–25
- $8,976 USD
Cost of attendance is tuition, fees, books, housing and food for a year. Net price is what students who got federal aid paid on average after grants and scholarships.
- $0 to $30,000
- $6,260 USD
- $30,001 to $48,000
- $6,642 USD
- $48,001 to $75,000
- $8,734 USD
- $75,001 to $110,000
- $10,740 USD
- Over $110,000
- $8,740 USD
Sports medicine
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