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Health Education at University of Kentucky

Health Education at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year.

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.

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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.

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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