Health Education at University of Kentucky

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study health education, take a look at what University of Kentucky has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Education section at the bottom of this page.

UK Health Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in School Health Education

UK Health Education Rankings

The school health education major at UK is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

School Health Education Student Demographics at UK

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the school health education majors at University of Kentucky.

UK Health Education Bachelor’s Program

64% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of school health education bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical school health education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UK since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in school health education at UK are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Kentucky with a bachelor's in school health education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That School Health Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in school health education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Middle School Teachers	8,180	$54,620
Education Professors	850	$64,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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