2025 Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Ranked #18 in popularity, allied health professions is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 183 master's degrees in allied health professions during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Allied Health Professions School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of allied health professions for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality allied health program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on allied health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of allied health professions students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt allied health professions students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized allied health professions related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for allied health professions students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Allied Health Professions Schools

The allied health school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Allied Health Professions in Kentucky

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in allied health professions.

Top Kentucky Schools for a Master's in Allied Health

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

64 Annual Graduates

$99,948 Median Starting Salary

University of Kentucky is a good decision for students pursuing a master's degree in allied health professions. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduation, allied health master's recipients generally make an average of $99,948 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Kentucky

2

Sullivan University
Louisville, KY

48 Annual Graduates

$109,210 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in allied health professions has to look into Sullivan University. Located in the large city of Louisville, Sullivan University is a private for-profit university with a small student population.

Allied Health Professions master's degree recipients from Sullivan University earn a boost of around $9,217 above the typical earnings of allied health professions majors.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Sullivan University

3

University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY

53 Annual Graduates

$90,820 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in allied health professions has to look into University of the Cumberlands. Located in the remote town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

After graduation, allied health master's recipients typically make an average of $90,820 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of the Cumberlands

Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Allied Health Professions Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	737
Georgia	190	265
Virginia	182	387
North Carolina	178	566
Tennessee	166	410
Alabama	151	137
Louisiana	147	101
South Carolina	146	242
Mississippi	145	41
Arkansas	121	102
West Virginia	112	95

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Allied Health Professions Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Allied Health Professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Allied Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Physician Assistant	158
Athletic Training	24
Respiratory Care Therapy	1

Majors Similar to Allied Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	1,597
Communication Sciences	183
Public Health	120
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	107
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	96
Health Sciences & Services	46
Health & Medical Administrative Services	45
Mental & Social Health Services	44
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	31
Medical Illustration & Informatics	31

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.