by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Health Sciences & Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Kentucky. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in health science, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UK paid an average of $1,248 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $464 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,135 | $29,945 |
| Fees | $1,349 | $1,349 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $13,588 | $13,588 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $4,474 | $4,474 |
Learn more about UK tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Health Science students who received their bachelor’s degree at UK took out an average of $24,250 in student loans. That is 6% lower than the national average of $25,858.
The median early career salary of health science students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UK is $16,169 per year. That is 51% lower than the national average of $32,939.
UK does not offer an online option for its health science bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UK Online Learning page.
Women made up around 80.2% of the health science students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 77.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in health science at UK in 2019-2020, 14.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 49%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 73 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Health Sciences & Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences | 86 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to health sciences and services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 53 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 50 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 36 |
| Public Health | 74 |
| Nursing | 298 |
*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.
