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Nursing, associate's programs in Kentucky

Among 21 Kentucky associate's programs in Nursing with federal earnings data, Gateway Community and Technical College graduates earn the highest median, $88,817 four years after graduating, with a median federal debt of $15,138. Jefferson Community and Technical College follows at $78,023. The national median for associate's graduates in the same program is $80,813. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)

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Highest median
$88,817
National median
$80,813
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Nursing, associate's programs in Kentucky: median earnings four years after graduating and median federal debt, in order of earnings.
CollegeMedian earnings, 4 yrs aftervs national medianDebt borrowed at this college (median)
Gateway Community and Technical College$88,817+10%$15,138
Jefferson Community and Technical College$78,023−3%$15,995
Beckfield College-Florence$77,837−4%$25,833
Sullivan University$77,437−4%$25,625
Ashland Community and Technical College$76,747−5%$15,238
Western Kentucky University$75,959−6%$11,395
Morehead State University$75,065−7%$21,625
Bluegrass Community and Technical College$74,650−8%$18,500
University of Pikeville$74,442−8%$15,750
Madisonville Community College$73,594−9%$9,776
Midway University$71,988−11%$18,750
Eastern Kentucky University$71,506−12%$21,464
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College$71,169−12%$12,718
Hopkinsville Community College$70,740−12%$10,950
Hazard Community and Technical College$70,057−13%$11,888
Owensboro Community and Technical College$69,983−13%$9,519
West Kentucky Community and Technical College$69,850−14%$11,068
Henderson Community College$67,325−17%$15,750
Maysville Community and Technical College$66,935−17%$17,347
Somerset Community College$66,918−17%$13,812
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College$65,802−19%$9,000

Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality.

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Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).