Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky · Public

Of 65 assessed programs, 59 leave graduates out-earning a typical Kentucky high-school graduate (about $35,424/yr) and 6 fall short. Another 87 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$8,591
$30k to $48k	$8,005
$48k to $75k	$10,382
$75k to $110k	$14,384
$110k and up	$17,009
All families (average)	$11,040

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

65 of 152 programs could be assessed 43% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Kentucky high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$41,384	+$5,960	clears the bar	$22,985	3.9 yrs	203
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$47,882	+$12,458	clears the bar	$20,238	1.6 yrs	180
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$43,352	+$7,928	clears the bar	$20,472	2.6 yrs	164
Nursing	Master's Degree	$119,778	+$84,354	clears the bar	$54,949	0.7 yrs	164
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$83,920	+$48,496	clears the bar	$22,312	0.5 yrs	141
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$92,289	+$56,865	clears the bar	$30,849	0.5 yrs	120
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other	Master's Degree	$99,631	+$64,207	clears the bar	$30,616	0.5 yrs	118
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$48,327	+$12,903	clears the bar	$23,327	1.8 yrs	90
Business	Bachelor's Degree	$57,724	+$22,300	clears the bar	$26,500	1.2 yrs	86
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$38,951	+$3,527	clears the bar	$24,931	7.1 yrs	85
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$46,705	+$11,281	clears the bar	$28,284	2.5 yrs	78
Homeland Security	Bachelor's Degree	$67,096	+$31,672	clears the bar	$26,979	0.9 yrs	77
Air Transportation	Bachelor's Degree	$66,943	+$31,519	clears the bar	$23,781	0.8 yrs	76
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Bachelor's Degree	$66,530	+$31,106	clears the bar	$15,950	0.5 yrs	76
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	$72,321	+$36,897	clears the bar	$41,000	1.1 yrs	74
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$51,386	+$15,962	clears the bar	$25,300	1.6 yrs	72
Fire Protection	Bachelor's Degree	$80,497	+$45,073	clears the bar	$27,000	0.6 yrs	64
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$59,609	+$24,185	clears the bar	$21,500	0.9 yrs	53
Criminal Justice	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$51,849	+$16,425	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	50
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$53,559	+$18,135	clears the bar	$23,406	1.3 yrs	49
Special Education	Master's Degree	$45,142	+$9,718	clears the bar	$36,500	3.8 yrs	48
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Associate's Degree	$26,504 1-year earnings	-$8,920	falls short	$12,000	insufficient data	45
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$51,086	+$15,662	clears the bar	$22,375	1.4 yrs	44
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$40,429 1-year earnings	+$5,005	clears the bar	$22,000	4.4 yrs	41
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	$51,307	+$15,883	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$52,216	+$16,792	clears the bar	$20,025	1.2 yrs	37
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$63,685	+$28,261	clears the bar	$15,500	0.5 yrs	36
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$68,249	+$32,825	clears the bar	$21,500	0.7 yrs	33
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$46,153	+$10,729	clears the bar	$31,394	2.9 yrs	32
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$43,786	+$8,362	clears the bar	$19,000	2.3 yrs	30
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$68,774	+$33,350	clears the bar	$23,281	0.7 yrs	29
Construction Management	Bachelor's Degree	$88,120	+$52,696	clears the bar	$24,500	0.5 yrs	29
Human Development and Family Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$39,921	+$4,497	clears the bar	$25,250	5.6 yrs	28
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$50,818	+$15,394	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$35,365	-$59	falls short	$26,500	insufficient data	27
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$54,288	+$18,864	clears the bar	$49,777	2.6 yrs	26
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$28,195 1-year earnings	-$7,229	falls short	$24,499	insufficient data	26
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$37,673	+$2,249	clears the bar	$19,315	8.6 yrs	25
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$77,992	+$42,568	clears the bar	$25,000	0.6 yrs	25
English	Bachelor's Degree	$35,203	-$221	falls short	$20,509	insufficient data	24
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$40,149	+$4,725	clears the bar	$17,151	3.6 yrs	23
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Bachelor's Degree	$41,368	+$5,944	clears the bar	$22,853	3.8 yrs	22
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$38,991	+$3,567	clears the bar	$28,375	8.0 yrs	22
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$49,776	+$14,352	clears the bar	$29,880	2.1 yrs	21
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$59,395	+$23,971	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
American Sign Language	Bachelor's Degree	$36,755	+$1,331	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Public Health	Master's Degree	$65,669	+$30,245	clears the bar	$29,572	1.0 yrs	21
Insurance	Bachelor's Degree	$44,792 1-year earnings	+$9,368	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management	Bachelor's Degree	$41,877	+$6,453	clears the bar	$25,000	3.9 yrs	20
Healthcare Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$55,570	+$20,146	clears the bar	$24,250	1.2 yrs	20
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$46,623 1-year earnings	+$11,199	clears the bar	$26,750	2.4 yrs	20
Agricultural Production Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$53,450	+$18,026	clears the bar	$20,387	1.1 yrs	19
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$37,812 1-year earnings	+$2,388	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$41,893	+$6,469	clears the bar	$20,000	3.1 yrs	17
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$63,533	+$28,109	clears the bar	$17,613	0.6 yrs	17
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$59,419	+$23,995	clears the bar	$35,323	1.5 yrs	16
History	Bachelor's Degree	$29,346 1-year earnings	-$6,078	falls short	$24,250	insufficient data	14
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$33,100 1-year earnings	-$2,324	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	$72,389 1-year earnings	+$36,965	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Bachelor's Degree	$59,838	+$24,414	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Nursing	Associate's Degree	$71,506	+$36,082	clears the bar	$21,464	0.6 yrs	10
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	$49,272	+$13,848	clears the bar	$25,000	1.8 yrs	9
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	$40,493 1-year earnings	+$5,069	clears the bar	$41,417	8.2 yrs	9
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$54,123	+$18,699	clears the bar	$42,952	2.3 yrs	insufficient data
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	$82,691 1-year earnings	+$47,267	clears the bar	$41,000	0.9 yrs	insufficient data
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	47
Legal Support Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Business	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Counseling Psychology	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Social Work	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Social Work	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Social Work	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Psychology, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Engineering-Related Fields	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Geography and Cartography	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
International/Globalization Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Criminal Justice	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Legal Support Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Security Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Teacher Education (by subject)	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Accounting	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Legal Support Services	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Mathematics and Statistics, Other	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Counseling Psychology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Homeland Security	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Public Health	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Curriculum and Instruction	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Communications and Media	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Fire Protection	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Theatre	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Public Relations and Advertising	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Graphic Communications	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Computer and Information Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Educational Administration	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
School Counseling	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Dispute Resolution	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Homeland Security	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Public Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Political Science	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Business	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Business Administration	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Accounting	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Accounting	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($35,424/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.