Eligibility: Must be a Kentucky resident 65 years of age or older.
Amount: Tuition.
Duration: Unlimited.
Contact: Office of Admissions (859) 572-5220
Eligibility: Must be a dependent or spouse of a permanently disabled or deceased Kentucky resident firefighter.
Amount: In-state tuition.
Duration: To age 23 (for children), completion of degree or certification, or 36 months of attendance, whichever comes first, excluding summer sessions.
Contact: Office of Student Financial Assistance
Eligibility: Must be a degree-seeking student and maintain satisfactory progress. Must be currently placed in foster care or was in foster care prior to being adopted; or was in the custody of the Cabinet for Families and Children or the Department of Juvenile Justice on his/her 18th birthday. Student must also complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Student must enter school no later than four years after the date of graduation from high school.
Amount: In-state tuition.
Duration: Five years after admittance to school if satisfactory progress is maintained.
Contact: Office of Student Financial Assistance
Eligibility: Must be a dependent of an employee participating in a state-administered retirement system who died as a result of a duty-related injury.
Amount: Tuition.
Duration: To age 23 (for children), completion of degree or certification or 36 months of attendance, whichever comes first, excluding summer sessions.
Contact: Office of Student Financial Assistance
Eligibility: Must be a dependent or spouse of a permanently disabled or deceased Kentucky resident police officer.
Amount: In-state tuition.
Duration: To age 23 (for children), completion of degree or certification, or 36 months of attendance, whichever comes first, excluding summer sessions.
Contact: Office of Student Financial Assistance
Eligibility: Must be a dependent of a service person killed while in service or who died as a result of a service-connected disability and was a resident of Kentucky at the time of death.
Amount: Tuition.
Duration: Unlimited.
Contact: Office of Student Financial Assistance and Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs
Eligibility: Must be a spouse or dependent of a deceased service person who has wartime service or died while on active duty regardless of wartime service or who died as a result of a service-connected disability acquired while on active duty and was a resident of Kentucky at the time of death.
Amount: Tuition.
Duration: To age 23 (for children), completion of degree or certificate, or 36 months of attendance, whichever comes first.
Contact: Office of Student Financial Assistance and Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs
Eligibility: Must be a dependent of a permanently service related disabled national guardsman, war veteran, prisoner of war, or service person missing in action. Kentucky residency of the veteran and student is a requirement.
Amount: Tuition.
Duration: To age 23 (for children), completion of degree or certification, or 36 months of attendance, whichever comes first, excluding summer sessions.
Contact: Office of Student Financial Assistance and Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs
Northern Kentucky University
Lucas Administrative Center, Room 301
Highland Heights, KY 41099
Phone: +1 (859) 572-5143
Fax: (859) 572-6997
Toll-Free: 1-888-225-4499
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:15am - 4:30pm Virtual appointments available upon request.
