by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., University of Pikeville landed the #1104 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky, UPIKE came in at #17.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and UPIKE took the #638 spot on the list.
In addition, UPIKE took the #11 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Kentucky.
Women make up 54.0% of the total graduate student body at UPIKE while men make you 46.0%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 21.2% of the graduate student population at UPIKE. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at UPIKE. Around 0.1% of graduate students are international. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,370 | $8,370 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from UPIKE enter careers with an average starting salary of $45,386. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 22% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Doctorate degree recipients from UPIKE earn an average salary of $54,249 during the early years of their career. That's about 28% lower than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of University of Pikeville.
Contact details for UPIKE are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 147 Sycamore St, Pikeville, KY 41501 |
| Phone: | 606-218-5250 |
| Website: | www.upike.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UPIKE |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/upikebears |
In 2020-2021, 12.1% of the graduate students at University of Pikeville took at least one class online. Approximately 12.1% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 28 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Optometry | 55 |
Footnotes
*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.
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