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Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY · Public · 12,155 students · mostly bachelor degrees
28th-cheapest of 79 Kentucky colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$10,990
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$24,188
Graduation rate
56%
Admission rate
94%
Median graduate earnings
$43,889
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$22,095
Average SAT
971
Pell grant recipients
30%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
202 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$112,455Clinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree$112,179Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree33 grads/yr$86,624Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree39 grads/yr$86,033Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$85,772Finance, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma9 grads/yr$85,634Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree$84,680Construction Engineering Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree$84,057Accounting · Master's Degree17 grads/yr$78,094Geology/Earth Science, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma5 grads/yr$76,463Clinical Nurse Leader · Associate's Degree96 grads/yr$75,959Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$75,732Management Science · Bachelor's Degree$74,452Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree169 grads/yr$73,496Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree53 grads/yr$73,300Accounting · Bachelor's Degree56 grads/yr$71,274Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$71,240Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$71,024Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree66 grads/yr$70,313Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree160 grads/yr$69,436Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree1 grads/yr$68,333Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$68,051Management Science · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$66,066National Security Policy Studies · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$64,710Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree86 grads/yr$60,222
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.