Nursing at University of Kentucky

Every nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nursing 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 293 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from UK.

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

UK Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at UK

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UK offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

UK Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at UK 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 nursing major at UK 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	32
Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	35
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	83
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	86
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	96
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	127
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools	152
Most Popular Nursing Schools	176
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	179
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	219
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	236
	261
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	305
	329
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	464
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	603
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	603
Best Nursing Schools	604
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	679
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	779
	911
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,557
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,558
	1,704

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in nursing from UK. This is the #604 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from UK Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UK is $58,034. This is less than $62,880, which is the national average of all nursing majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Nursing Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Nursing Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 293 nursing majors earned their bachelor's degree from UK. Of these graduates, 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing 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 nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	245
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

UK also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 33 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Kentucky. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	306
Nursing Practice	28
Nursing Science	5

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 University of Kentucky.

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.