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Highest earning associate's registered nursing programs in Kentucky
Kentucky registered nursing programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Pikeville | Pikeville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $76,570 | 44 |
| 2 | Morehead State University | Morehead | Public, 4-year | $69,929 | 60 |
| 3 | Sullivan University | Louisville | For-profit, 4-year | $68,824 | 43 |
| 4 | Galen College of Nursing | Louisville | For-profit, 4-year | $68,114 | 1,711 |
| 5 | Galen Health Institutes | Pikeville | For-profit, 2-year | $68,114 | 1,711 |
| 6 | Gateway Community and Technical College | Florence | Public, 2-year | $67,888 | 64 |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | Richmond | Public, 4-year | $66,512 | 73 |
| 8 | Hopkinsville Community College | Hopkinsville | Public, 2-year | $65,979 | 54 |
| 9 | Hazard Community and Technical College | Hazard | Public, 2-year | $65,822 | 63 |
| 10 | Big Sandy Community and Technical College | Prestonsburg | Public, 2-year | $65,735 | 35 |
| 11 | Beckfield College-Florence | Florence | For-profit, 4-year | $65,659 | 128 |
| 12 | Ashland Community and Technical College | Ashland | Public, 2-year | $64,909 | 81 |
| 13 | Western Kentucky University | Bowling Green | Public, 4-year | $64,845 | 133 |
| 14 | ATA College | Louisville | For-profit, 2-year | $64,478 | 138 |
| 15 | Maysville Community and Technical College | Maysville | Public, 2-year | $64,217 | 54 |
| 16 | Jefferson Community and Technical College | Louisville | Public, 2-year | $63,784 | 97 |
| 17 | Bluegrass Community and Technical College | Lexington | Public, 2-year | $62,832 | 134 |
| 18 | Somerset Community College | Somerset | Public, 2-year | $62,747 | 67 |
| 19 | Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College | Bowling Green | Public, 2-year | $62,552 | 39 |
| 20 | Midway University | Midway | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $62,012 | 38 |
| 21 | Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | Elizabethtown | Public, 2-year | $62,002 | 37 |
| 22 | Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College | Cumberland | Public, 2-year | $61,155 | 59 |
| 23 | West Kentucky Community and Technical College | Paducah | Public, 2-year | $58,951 | 61 |
| 24 | Henderson Community College | Henderson | Public, 2-year | $58,754 | 31 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.
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