University of Kentucky Career Outcomes & Earnings

Mobility is the strongest pillar at University of Kentucky, while return measures sit close to modeled expectations and the peer level. Azimuth puts the return pillar in the 68th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $545 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. That earnings beyond expectations result, the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students, is in the 57th percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $9,764. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,219.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,679. Four years after completion, median earnings are $65,922, in the 68th percentile.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610; the university’s median is above it by $312.

At University of Kentucky, earnings scenarios show that earnings can vary widely by field rather than following one schoolwide pattern. The downside earnings scenario is $46,396, and the upside scenario is $87,532; both are estimated from the program mix, not observed groups.

Four years after completion, Computer Engineering has median earnings of $99,945, Computer and Information Sciences has $99,535, and Chemical Engineering has $98,003. These upper-end program medians sit above the downside scenario, showing why the scenario range matters when considering a field.

Graduate-study continuation matters when reading four-year earnings. At University of Kentucky, an estimated 28.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Because the earnings measure includes completers who are working and not enrolled, the median describes those remaining in that snapshot.

At University of Kentucky, the largest fields span markedly different earnings four years after completion, so program choice carries much of the return picture. Finance reports median earnings of $84,087 and 297 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #65 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Nursing shows $81,941 with 302 degrees awarded and an Azimuth rank of #220 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Business/Commerce sits at $69,451 across 352 degrees awarded, ranking #15 nationally with Azimuth among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Psychology is lower at $46,570 on 290 degrees awarded and ranks #246 nationally with Azimuth among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. The higher earnings in finance and nursing contrast with the more moderate business and psychology figures.

The program roster offers several nationally ranked fields to compare: 52 programs hold Azimuth ranks, and earnings data are published for 61 programs. Health Sciences ranks #4 nationally in its field, with 103 degrees awarded and median earnings of $82,533 four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks Agricultural Production Operations #8 nationally in its field; it awarded 39 degrees and shows $46,843 in median earnings four years after completion. Agricultural Public Services is ranked #9 nationally by Azimuth in its field, with 32 degrees awarded and $42,612 in median earnings four years after completion.