Western Kentucky University Trade Programs

Western Kentucky University is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The location of WKU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Western Kentucky University?

Contact details for WKU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1000
Phone:	270-745-0111
Website:	www.wku.edu

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Can I Afford WKU?

In a recent term, part-time WKU students paid $477 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $1,125 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$11,436	$27,000
Books and Supplies	$1,000	$1,000
On Campus Room and Board	$12,043	$12,043
On Campus Other Expenses	$2,409	$2,409

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At WKU, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $6,581 a year. That adds up to $26,324 over four years for those students.

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Western Kentucky University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,286 undergraduate students at WKU, with 11,749 being full-time and 3,537 being part-time.

There are also 2,231 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 11,749 full-time undergraduates at WKU, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Western Kentucky University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	292
Black or African American	1,093
Hispanic or Latino	509
White	9,135
International Students	184
Other Races/Ethnicities	536

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at Western Kentucky University. At this time, 30 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 86 countries are represented at WKU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and India.

Online Learning at Western Kentucky University

There are 42 bachelor’s degree and 63 master’s degree programs available online at WKU. In 2022-2023, 9,558 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at WKU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of WKU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health Care Management	6%
Health Information Management	7%
Industrial Technology	30%
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services	7%

Western Kentucky University Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Health Care Management	0	0	58	58
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	0	0	53	53
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	0	8	21	29
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services	28	0	0	28
Manufacturing Engineering Technology	0	0	27	27
Health Information Management	0	0	14	14
Industrial Technology	0	0	10	10
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology	0	0	4	4
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	29	8	187	224

Western Kentucky University Trades

In a recent academic period, Western Kentucky University awarded 485 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s	Bachelor’s
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	0	4
Dental Support Services	0	0	8	21
Health & Medical Administrative Services	28	0	0	72
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	53
Industrial Production Technology	0	0	0	37
Mental & Social Health Services	1	0	0	0
Total	58	0	16	411

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.