Insurance at Eastern Kentucky University

Every insurance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the insurance program at Eastern Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and has a total student population of 14,465. Of the 2,456 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 2021, 29 of them were insurance majors.

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

Eastern Insurance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance

Eastern Insurance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the insurance progam at Eastern compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The insurance major at Eastern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Insurance. 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 Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15

How Much Do Insurance Graduates from Eastern Make?

The median salary of insurance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Eastern is $37,153. This is less than $52,997, which is the national average of all insurance majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Insurance Student Demographics at Eastern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the insurance majors at Eastern Kentucky University.

Eastern Insurance Bachelor’s Program

The insurance program at Eastern awarded 29 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 59% of these degrees went to men with the other 41% going to women. The typical insurance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Eastern since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in insurance at Eastern 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 Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in insurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Eastern also has a doctoral program available in insurance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Construction Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Insurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in insurance 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 Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Insurance Sales Agents	4,640	$55,800
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	3,200	$55,820
Business Professors	630	$85,970
Insurance Underwriters	530	$69,940

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 Alpha 40475 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.