Health Sciences & Services is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #93 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for health sciences & services students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 46 master's degrees in health sciences & services during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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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 many resources a school devotes to health sciences & services students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of health sciences & services 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 easy is it for health sciences & services to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health sciences & services related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health sciences & services students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Health Sciences & Services Schools
The health science 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 Health Sciences & Services Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky.
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University of the Cumberlands is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in health sciences & services. Located in the town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.
Soon after graduation, health science master's recipients typically earn about $46,080 in the first five years of their career.
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).
