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Kentucky bachelor's earnings

A salary explorer for 30 schools in Kentucky (28 with published 4-year medians) and 392 bachelor's programs. Federal outcomes are shown as-is. Schools are listed most programs first. There are no ranks. Grades are our own modeled ranking of schools against each other, kept to two small columns.

Schools
28
with published 4-Yr medians
Programs
392
observed 4-Yr medians
Typical School Median
$52,141
median of school medians
High-School Benchmark
$34,461
state median, employed HS grads 25–34

Schools on the Map

Each dot is a school, colored by its median 4-year earnings. Hover a dot for its name.

<$40k$40–55k$55–70k$70–90k$90k+

no published median · Each state map is zoomed to fill its frame.

Program Earnings

Published 4-year medians across 392 programs.

$40k$60k$80k$100k

How to Read

Median EarningsMedian of published 4-year earnings across the school's programs.
Earnings RangeLowest to highest program median at the school.
GradesAdj. Grade adjusts for selectivity, state, and peer group; Raw Grade ranks unadjusted 4-year medians.
DistributionOverview of observed program medians — the black tick marks the school median. Schools with under 5 programs show one bar per program.
DetailsAddress, website, enrollment, admit rate, and top programs per school.

Grades: Our Value-Add

Our modeled ranking of schools against each other — kept to two small columns below.

A 6 B 4 C 0 D/F 1 19 ungraded

Medians and spreads come straight from federal data (College Scorecard / Census). Our grades are modeled estimates.

Click a column header to change the sort.

SchoolEnrollmentMedian EarningsEarnings Range# Programs ↓Adj. GradeRaw GradeDistribution
University of Kentucky 24,763 $56,266 $36,942–$99,945 61 B B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Western Kentucky University 12,155 $52,487 $34,987–$86,624 49 A− C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Eastern Kentucky University 12,318 $51,236 $35,203–$92,289 40 B− C+ $40k$60k$80k
Northern Kentucky University 8,246 $52,703 $35,624–$88,492 37 A− B− $40k$60k$80k
University of Louisville 14,727 $56,458 $39,168–$104,538 36 A− B $40k$60k$80k$100k
Murray State University 6,688 $51,794 $36,657–$87,573 32 B− C $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Morehead State University 4,578 $46,667 $32,257–$85,740 29 — C $40k$60k$80k
Bellarmine University 2,161 $53,413 $43,808–$84,262 11 B+ B $50k$60k$70k$80k
University of the Cumberlands 6,941 $41,785 $37,823–$94,183 11 — C $40k$60k$80k
Berea College 1,513 $40,745 $29,013–$82,491 10 F F $40k$60k$80k
Sullivan University 2,026 $59,950 $44,475–$68,887 8 — C+ $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k$70k
Lindsey Wilson College 1,585 $41,311 $37,436–$69,656 8 — C− $40k$50k$60k$70k
Campbellsville University 2,840 $50,692 $36,564–$79,651 7 — C $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Thomas More University 1,293 $67,268 $51,150–$82,906 6 A− B+ $50k$60k$70k$80k
Spalding University 583 $61,543 $36,416–$77,983 6 A− C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
University of Pikeville 1,135 $41,752 $36,199–$71,225 6 — C− $40k$50k$60k$70k
Kentucky State University 1,309 $42,392 $34,522–$46,767 5 A− F $35k$38k$40k$42k$45k$48k
Centre College 1,400 $67,708 $51,094–$93,000 4 — — $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Transylvania University 1,005 $57,540 $42,439–$70,822 4 — — $50k$60k$70k
Georgetown College 1,097 $56,910 $51,395–$68,191 4 — — $55k$60k$65k
Midway University 1,262 $46,431 $42,174–$55,108 4 — — $45k$50k$55k
Kentucky Wesleyan College 842 $52,867 $42,948–$64,396 3 — — $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k
Union Commonwealth University 746 $51,079 $41,475–$87,221 3 — — $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Kentucky Christian University 429 $44,862 $44,584–$96,766 3 — — $60k$80k$100k
Asbury University 1,420 $43,453 $40,890–$46,016 2 — — $41k$42k$43k$44k$45k$46k
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville 4,801 $91,862 $91,862–$91,862 1 — — $92k
Brescia University 545 $56,285 $56,285–$56,285 1 — — $56k
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College 159 $48,375 $48,375–$48,375 1 — — $48k
2 schools without published 4-year medians
Alice Lloyd College

Pippa Passes · 100 Purpose Rd · School website ↗

Enrollment (undergrad): 558 · Admit rate: 75.2% · Yield: 11.8% · Locale: Rural: Remote

Beckfield College-Florence

Florence · 16 Spiral Drive · School website ↗

Enrollment (undergrad): 536 · Locale: Suburb: Large

"—" means the value was not published. Distribution histograms are smoothed views of observed program medians — never imputed values, and never used in grades.