by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Eastern Kentucky University took the #539 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky, Eastern came in at #9.
Eastern was ranked #505 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
In addition, Eastern took the #9 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Kentucky.
Women make up 69.7% of the total graduate student body at Eastern while men make you 30.3%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 15.2% of the graduate student population at Eastern. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 2.0% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,900 | $13,500 |
| Fees | $300 | $300 |
Master's degree recipients from Eastern earn an average salary of $47,168 during the early years of their career. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 19% lower than the national average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at Eastern is $54,959. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 27% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Eastern Kentucky University.
Contact details for Eastern are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 521 Lancaster Ave, Richmond, KY 40475-3102 |
| Phone: | 859-622-1000 |
| Website: | www.eku.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/EasternKentuckyUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/EKUBuilds |
About 80.2% of the graduate students at Eastern Kentucky University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 59.7% 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 16 |
| Educational Administration | 15 |
| Nursing | 11 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 16 |
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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