Program Payoff

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky. 10 certificate and associate programs, public. 10 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Kentucky.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree $53,358 (12) $59,710
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree $18,625 not published $67,690
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Associate's degree not published $69,670
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
Business/Commerce, General Associate's degree not published $79,370
General and Operations Managers
Computer Software and Media Applications Undergraduate certificate not published $109,010
Software Developers
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management Undergraduate certificate not published $81,700
Project Management Specialists
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $60,120
Architectural and Civil Drafters
Geography and Cartography Undergraduate certificate not published $122,930
Managers, All Other
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $51,470
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Management Information Systems and Services Undergraduate certificate not published $140,360
Computer and Information Systems Managers

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.