Western Kentucky University 2024 Tuition & Academic Characteristics

The 2024 tuition & fees of WKU is $11,436 for Kentucky residents and $27,000 for out-of-state students. For graduate programs, the average tuition & fees is $12,140 for in-state rate and $27,000 for out-of-state rate. The acceptance rate at WKU is 96.95% and the graduation rate is 51%. The students to faculty ratio is 18 to 1 and the retention rate is 77%.
You can find the detailed information about Western Kentucky University at cost of attendance and admission pages.
Key Academics Stats
Tuition & Fees
Undergraduate$27,000 ($11,436)
Graduate$18,340 ($12,140)
Health Profession Programs23 programs
13 online programs
Total Programs229 programs
84 online programs
Student to Faculty Ratio18 to 1
Student Population16,493 Students
Number of Faculties925 Faculties
Number of Staffs2,347 Staffs

Number of Health Profession Programs and Completers

Western Kentucky University offers 23 health profession programs through bachelor's programs, and graduate programs, and vocational programs.
A total of 760 students have completed the health profession programs including 368 bachelor's degree earners, and graduate degree earners, and certification complters. The following table shows the number of health profession programs offered at WKU with number of completers and online availability.
Health Profession Programs by Offered Degrees
DegreesNumber of ProgramsOnline ProgramsNumber of Completers
Certificates of at least 12 weeks but less than 1 year 7 3 55
Associate 2 1 119
Bachelor 8 3 368
Master 5 3 132
Doctoral (Professional Practice) 2 NOT OFFERED 49
Post-Bachelor Certificate 5 3 21
Post-Master Certificate 2 1 16

Health Profession Programs by Concentrated Major

The following table shows the health profession programs by concentrated major with number of completers and online availability for each program.
"-" in a column denotes no completers last year and "online" means that online degree and/or courses are available for the corresponding program.
Health Profession Vocational Programs
ProgramBachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateAssociate'sCertificationsPost graduate
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences53Online-Online--Online-Online-Online
Communication Sciences and Disorders33NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/PathologistNOT OFFERED82NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist21OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED8NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Health/Health Care Administration/Management58Online11OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator14OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Health and Medical Administrative Services (other)NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED28OnlineNOT OFFERED
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist4NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Substance Abuse/Addiction CounselingNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED12Online
Community Health Services/Liaison/CounselingNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED1NOT OFFERED
Public HealthNOT OFFERED18OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED3NOT OFFERED
Environmental Health35OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED23Online
Occupational Health and Industrial HygieneNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED4OnlineNOT OFFERED
Public Health Education and PromotionNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED56Online
Community Health and Preventive Medicine12NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Health Services AdministrationNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED-
Physical Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED29NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Medical InformaticsNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED12OnlineNOT OFFERED
Dietetics/DietitianNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse17016NOT OFFERED111OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED1
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/NursingNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED15Online
Nursing PracticeNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED20NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED

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