Northern Kentucky University

Northern Kentucky University
Type	Public
Established	1968
President	Geoffrey S. Mearns
Provost	Sue Ott Rowlands
Location	Highland Heights, Kentucky, United States
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Black and gold
Nickname	Norse
Website	nku.edu
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=18406

Northern Kentucky University is a public, co-educational university in northern Kentucky located in Highland Heights, seven miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The university is primarily an undergraduate, liberal arts institution, but it also features a variety of graduate programs. Notable among the university's institutions are the Salmon P. Chase College of Law and the College of Informatics, founded in 2006. The university enrolled almost 14,700 students, and it ranked 82 among Southern regional universities and 31 in "Top Public Schools" according to U.S. News & World Report's 2016 rankings.^[1]

Informatics programs

Health and clinical informatics

The following health/clinical informatics options exist for potential students:

Minor in Health Informatics: 25 credit hours over nine courses; Available online? On-campus and online; Program URL: http://onlinecatalog.nku.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=21&poid=3264&returnto=2430

B.S. in Health Informatics: ~120 credit hours; Available online? On-campus and online; Program URL: https://www.nku.edu/academics/informatics/programs/undergraduate/hin.html

M.S. in Health Informatics: 33 credit hours, completed in roughly two years; includes a capstone project; Available online? On-campus and online; Program URL: https://onlinedegrees.nku.edu/programs/ms-health-informatics.aspx

Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics: 18 credit hours over six courses; Available online? On-campus and online; Program URL: http://onlinecatalog.nku.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=19&poid=2853