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Health/Medical Physics at University of Kentucky

If you plan to study health/medical physics, 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.

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

UK Health/Medical Physics Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Health/Medical Physics
  • Doctorate Degree in Health/Medical Physics

UK Health/Medical Physics Rankings

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There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in health/medical physics, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health/Medical Physics Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Health/Medical Physics Master’s Program

33% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 6 students who graduated with a master’s in health/medical physics from UK in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

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In the health/medical physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Kentucky with a master's in health/medical physics.

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

Careers That Health/Medical Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in health/medical physics 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
Health Specialties Professors 2,070 $64,560

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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