General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at University of Kentucky

If you plan to study general health services/allied health/health sciences, take a look at what University of Kentucky has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986. Of the 569 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Kentucky in 2021, 78 of them were general health services/allied health/health sciences majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UK General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Studies (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Studies

UK General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health studies progam at UK compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health studies major at UK is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. 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
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Basic Certificate Schools	17
	46
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Basic Certificate Schools	50
Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	84
	201

Health Studies Student Demographics at UK

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

UK General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of health studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health studies 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 health studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	65
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

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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.