2023 Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamp that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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Top Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky
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Our 2023 rankings named Bellarmine University the best school in Kentucky for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
Bellarmine U does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 38% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Georgetown College. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Out of the 12 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the # 3 spot on the list.
UofL does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 68% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Out of the 12 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Asbury University landed the # 4 spot on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at Asbury, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 100% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Spalding University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in Kentucky.
Spalding does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 65% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Kentucky landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Online graduate courses are available at UK, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 57% took at least some of their classes online.
University of the Cumberlands did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Cumberlands. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.
Murray State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Murray State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 60% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Western Kentucky University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since WKU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 81% took at least some of their classes online.
Eastern Kentucky University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking.
One thing to take note of is that Eastern does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 79% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Campbellsville University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
One thing to take note of is that Campbellsville University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 97% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Morehead State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list.
Morehead State University does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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