Health Education at University of Kentucky

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. Of the 425 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Kentucky in 2021, 17 of them were health education majors.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks school health education programs across the country. The following shows how UK performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Health Education Schools	18
Best Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Best Value Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
	52
	74

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

The school health education program at UK awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 53% of these degrees went to men with the other 47% going 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 20% more men than average.

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	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UK also has a doctoral program available in school health education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Art Education
• Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
• Social Studies Education
• Technical Teacher Education
• Music Education

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
• Image Credit: By Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.