Nursing at Kentucky State University

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at Kentucky State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

KY State is located in Frankfort, Kentucky and has a total student population of 2,290.

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

KY State Nursing Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

KY State Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at KY State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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.

Nursing Student Demographics at KY State

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

KY State Nursing Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in nursing at KY State are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Kentucky State University with a associate's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

KY State Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at KY State since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Kentucky State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	23
Nursing Administration	1

Related Majors

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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 Kentucky State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Registered Nurses	46,130	$63,100
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,000	$91,820
Nurse Practitioners	3,160	$99,790
Nurse Anesthetists	1,160	$172,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors	690	$73,170

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 Matthew Peek under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.