Offered Programs at WKU
Offered Degrees/Programs
AS, BS, MS, DR, Post-Grad.
Offered Through Online Classes
AS, BS, MS, Post-Grad.
Total Number of Programs
229
Total Number of Online Programs
84
Total Number of Completers
4,268
Western Kentucky University offers 229 programs through Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, and Post Graduate Certificate . By degree types, it offers 6 Associate, 98 Bachelor's, 48 Master's, 3 Doctorate (professional), 36 Post-BS Certificate, 3 Post-MS Certificate programs
It also offers its programs via online learning and 84 programs are available through Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, and Post Graduate Certificate . By degree types, it offers 4 Associate, 18 Bachelor's, 22 Master's, 31 Post-BS Certificate, 1 Post-MS Certificate program in the virtual environment.
For the academic year 2022-2023, total 4,268 students have completed their degree/programs and graduated from Western Kentucky University.
The following table summarizes the offered degrees and programs with number of programs and number of completers.
By degrees/certificates, 166 Associate, 2,792 Bachelor's, 715 Master's, 57 Doctorate (professional), 147 Post-BS Certificate, and 19 Post-MS Certificate were awareded by WKU.
Number of Programs Number of Online Programs Number of Completers Associate 6 4 166 Bachelor's 98 18 2,792 Master's 48 22 715 Doctorate (professional) 3 0 57 Post-BS Certificate 36 31 147 Post-MS Certificate 3 1 19 Total 229 84 4,268
The following table shows the best programs at Western Kentucky University based on earning after completing the program by degree types.
Associate Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse $50,400
Bachelor Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Mechanical Engineering $60,000 Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse $56,300 Civil Engineering $50,100 Computer and Information Sciences $45,200
Master Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse $85,200 Business Administration and Management $55,000 Communication Sciences and Disorders $51,800 Library and Information Science $42,400 Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management $41,400
Doctoral Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation
The following table lists the popular programs at Western Kentucky University based on number of completers for each offered programs in 2022-2023.
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation Marketing/Marketing Management 134 $34,900 Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 68 $30,100 Kinesiology and Exercise Science 64 - Sports Studies 58 - Finance 53 $38,000
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation Business Administration and Management 79 $55,000 Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management 72 $41,400 Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 64 - Social Work 53 $36,200 Counseling Psychology 35 -
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation Business Analytics 116 - Organizational Leadership 74 - Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia 31 - Physical Therapy/Therapist 29 - Health and Medical Administrative Services (other) 26 -
The follwing tabs shows all major programs offered at WKU by awared level. You can check online avaiability, number of completers, and average earning after graduation for each major by expanding the major program.
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
✔ (1 completers)1 completers - Technical Teacher Education ✔ 1 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies
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2 completers - Legal Assistant/Paralegal ✕ 2 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities
✔ (1 completers)40 completers $18,100 General Studies ✔ 40 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
✔ (1 completers)119 completers - Dental Hygiene/Hygienist ✕ 8 - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse ✔ 111 $50,400
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
✔ 4 completers -
Organizational Leadership ✔ 4 - Total 166
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation
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8 completers - Environmental Studies ✕ 8 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Architecture
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22 completers - Architectural Technology/Technician ✕ 22 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
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3 completers - Asian Studies/Civilization ✕ 0 - Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other) ✕ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism
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166 completers $29,400 Speech Communication and Rhetoric ✕ 28 $29,400 Mass Communication/Media Studies ✕ 1 - Journalism ✕ 15 $28,700 Broadcast Journalism ✕ 35 - Photojournalism ✕ 8 - Radio and Television ✕ 9 $22,000 Organizational Communication ✕ 28 $31,600 Public Relations/Image Management ✕ 25 - Advertising ✕ 17 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences
✔ (1 completers)85 completers $45,200 Information Technology ✔ 60 - Computer Science ✕ 25 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
✔ (1 completers)178 completers - Special Education and Teaching ✕ 27 - Elementary Education and Teaching ✕ 90 - Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching ✕ 10 - Teacher Education, Multiple Levels ✕ 2 - Early Childhood Education and Teaching ✕ 4 - Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education ✔ 22 - Physical Education Teaching and Coaching ✕ 20 - Trade and Industrial Teacher Education ✕ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering
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91 completers - Civil Engineering ✕ 33 $50,100 Electrical and Electronics Engineering ✕ 12 - Mechanical Engineering ✕ 46 $60,000
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology
✔ (1 completers)37 completers - Industrial Technology/Technician ✔ 10 - Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician ✕ 27 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
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22 completers - Chinese Language and Literature ✕ 10 - German Language and Literature ✕ 0 - Spanish Language and Literature ✕ 8 - Arabic Language and Literature ✕ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Work and Family Studies
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40 completers - Apparel and Textiles ✕ 40 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies
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8 completers - Pre-Law Studies ✕ 0 - Legal Assistant/Paralegal ✕ 8 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
English Language and Literature
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40 completers $23,700 English Language and Literature ✕ 30 $23,700 English Language and Literature/Letters (other) ✕ 10 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities
✔ (1 completers)138 completers $25,100 General Studies ✔ 138 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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113 completers $26,600 Biology/Biological Sciences ✕ 100 $26,600 Biochemistry ✕ 10 - Molecular Genetics ✕ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Mathematics and Statistics
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20 completers $32,500 Mathematics ✕ 20 $32,500
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
✔ (1 completers)24 completers - Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis ✕ 4 - Business Analytics ✔ 18 - Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) ✕ 2 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
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129 completers - Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management ✕ 14 $27,300 Kinesiology and Exercise Science ✕ 58 - Sports Studies ✕ 57 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Philosophy and Religious Studies
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2 completers - Religion/Religious Studies ✕ 2 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Physical Sciences
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40 completers - Physical Sciences ✕ 2 - Meteorology ✕ 7 - Chemistry ✕ 20 - Geology/Earth Science ✕ 8 - Physics ✕ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
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148 completers $23,900 Psychology ✕ 111 $23,900 Research and Experimental Psychology (other) ✕ 37 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Human Services
✔ (1 completers)86 completers - Social Work ✔ 86 $32,100
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Social Sciences
✔ (4 completers)188 completers $32,400 Social Sciences ✕ 5 $32,400 Anthropology ✕ 10 - Criminology ✔ 64 $25,400 Economics ✔ 12 - Econometrics and Quantitative Economics ✕ 17 - Geography ✕ 17 - Geographic Information Science and Cartography ✔ 1 - International Relations and Affairs ✕ 10 - Political Science and Government ✕ 28 $31,300 Sociology ✔ 24 $30,200
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Visual and Performing Arts
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145 completers - Dance ✕ 15 - Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts ✕ 12 - Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (other) ✕ 10 - Cinematography and Film/Video Production ✕ 11 - Fine/Studio Arts ✕ 58 - Art History, Criticism and Conservation ✕ 2 - Music Performance ✕ 27 - Music (other) ✕ 10 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
✔ (3 completers)315 completers - Communication Sciences and Disorders ✕ 33 - Dental Hygiene/Hygienist ✔ 21 - Health/Health Care Administration/Management ✔ 58 $34,300 Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator ✔ 14 - Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist ✕ 4 - Environmental Health ✕ 3 - Community Health and Preventive Medicine ✕ 12 - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse ✕ 170 $56,300
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
✔ (4 completers)600 completers - Business Administration and Management ✔ 144 $37,500 Organizational Leadership ✔ 65 - Accounting ✕ 73 $43,300 Business/Managerial Economics ✕ 16 - Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies ✕ 13 - Finance ✕ 76 $38,000 Hospitality Administration/Management ✕ 29 $26,300 International Business/Trade/Commerce ✕ 17 - Management Information Systems ✔ 3 $41,200 Management Science ✔ 0 - Marketing/Marketing Management ✕ 134 $34,900 Construction Management ✕ 30 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
History
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18 completers -
History ✕ 18 $29,200 Total 2,792
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
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4 completers - Folklore Studies ✕ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism
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8 completers - Speech Communication and Rhetoric ✕ 8 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences
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3 completers - Computer and Information Sciences ✕ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
✔ (5 completers)124 completers - Educational Leadership and Administration ✕ 1 - Educational/Instructional Technology ✔ 7 - Special Education and Teaching ✕ 27 $39,900 Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented ✔ 10 - College Student Counseling and Personnel Services ✕ 19 - Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching ✔ 4 $40,000 Elementary Education and Teaching ✕ 11 - Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching ✕ 2 - Secondary Education and Teaching ✕ 2 - Teacher Education, Multiple Levels ✕ 6 - Early Childhood Education and Teaching ✕ 19 - Music Teacher Education ✕ 7 - Physical Education Teaching and Coaching ✔ 7 - Reading Teacher Education ✔ 2 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology
✔ (1 completers)4 completers - Engineering/Industrial Management ✔ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Work and Family Studies
✔ (1 completers)5 completers - Family and Community Services ✔ 5 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
English Language and Literature
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13 completers - English Language and Literature ✕ 7 - Creative Writing ✕ 6 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Library Science
✔ (1 completers)20 completers $42,400 Library and Information Science ✔ 20 $42,400
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
✔ (1 completers)12 completers - Biology/Biological Sciences ✔ 12 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Mathematics and Statistics
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10 completers - Mathematics ✕ 10 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
✔ (1 completers)0 completers - Biological and Physical Sciences ✔ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
✔ (1 completers)38 completers - Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management ✔ 38 $41,400
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Physical Sciences
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9 completers - Chemistry ✕ 9 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
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61 completers $36,800 Psychology ✕ 24 $36,800 Counseling Psychology ✕ 27 - School Psychology ✕ 10 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting
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0 completers - Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Human Services
✔ (2 completers)61 completers - Community Organization and Advocacy ✔ 4 - Public Administration ✕ 8 - Social Work ✔ 49 $36,200
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Social Sciences
✔ (2 completers)25 completers - Criminology ✔ 4 - Econometrics and Quantitative Economics ✔ 13 - Geography ✕ 6 - Sociology ✕ 2 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
✔ (3 completers)132 completers - Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist ✕ 82 - Health/Health Care Administration/Management ✔ 11 - Public Health ✔ 18 - Environmental Health ✔ 5 - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse ✕ 16 $85,200
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
✔ (2 completers)179 completers - Business Administration and Management ✔ 71 $55,000 Organizational Leadership ✔ 90 - Accounting ✕ 18 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
History
✔ 5 completers -
History ✔ 5 - Total 715
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
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8 completers - School Psychology ✕ 8 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
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49 completers -
Physical Therapy/Therapist ✕ 29 - Nursing Practice ✕ 20 - Total 57
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
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19 completers -
Educational Leadership and Administration ✕ 19 - Total 19
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
✔ (1 completers)3 completers - Women's Studies ✔ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism
✔ (3 completers)18 completers - Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication ✔ 7 - Organizational Communication ✔ 3 - Health Communication ✔ 8 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences
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1 completers - Information Science/Studies ✕ 1 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
✔ (8 completers)23 completers - Curriculum and Instruction ✔ 5 - Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented ✕ 0 - Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services ✔ 2 - College Student Counseling and Personnel Services ✔ 5 - Student Counseling and Personnel Services (other) ✔ 1 - Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching ✔ 7 - Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other) ✔ 0 - Mathematics Teacher Education ✔ 3 - Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (other) ✔ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology
✔ (1 completers)3 completers - Quality Control Technology/Technician ✔ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
✔ (2 completers)13 completers - Biology/Biological Sciences ✔ 6 - Epidemiology ✔ 7 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
✔ (1 completers)6 completers - Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis ✕ 1 - Data Analytics, General ✔ 5 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
✔ (2 completers)23 completers - Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management ✔ 12 - Sport and Fitness Administration/Management ✔ 11 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
✔ (1 completers)0 completers - Applied Behavior Analysis ✔ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting
✔ (2 completers)11 completers - Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management ✔ 11 - Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy ✔ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Human Services
✔ (1 completers)7 completers - Public Administration ✔ 7 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Social Sciences
✔ (1 completers)0 completers - Econometrics and Quantitative Economics ✔ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
✔ (3 completers)21 completers - Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling ✔ 12 - Environmental Health ✔ 3 - Public Health Education and Promotion ✔ 6 - Health Services Administration ✕ 0 - Dietetics/Dietitian ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
✔ 18 completers -
Business Administration and Management ✔ 3 - Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management ✔ 0 - Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management ✔ 6 - Organizational Leadership ✔ 5 - Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other) ✔ 4 - Total 147
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
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3 completers - Learning Sciences ✕ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
✔ 16 completers -
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing ✕ 1 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing ✔ 15 - Total 19
