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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,433 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,673 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, health sciences and services students earned 385 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for health science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Health Sciences & Services

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

Our analysis found University of the Cumberlands to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Kentucky. Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Williamsburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cumberlands are $4,582 per year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at University of the Cumberlands

#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public school with a large student population.

NKU graduate students pay an average of $10,284 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NKU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

Full Health Sciences & Services at Northern Kentucky University Report

#3

Bellarmine University

Louisville, KY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Bellarmine University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health sciences and services schools in Kentucky. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bellarmine U are $13,652 a year.

Bellarmine U also made our Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 4,327
North Carolina 203
Tennessee 165
Georgia 544
West Virginia 100
Virginia 247
Louisiana 214
Mississippi 325
South Carolina 87
Alabama 240
Arkansas 291

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, health sciences and services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Health Science Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 29,840
General Health & Wellness 6,105

Majors Similar to Health Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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