Bowling Green, KY (population: 56,941) has three business and finance schools within its city limits. Western Kentucky University, the highest ranked school in the city with a business and finance program, has a total student population of 20,712. It is the 1859th highest ranked school in the USA and the 17th highest in the state of Kentucky (#1 is Centre College). To learn more about business and finance programs in Bowling Green, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of business and finance professors at Western Kentucky University such as Sandra Cameron, K Counts, Melinda Hill, Stephen Lile, Yung Ling Lo, and Ron Mitchell.
Business and Finance students from Bowling Green schools who go on to become business and finance professionals, event planners, web developers, SEOs, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 6,063,670 people working as business and financial operations employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,900. Also, Wholesale and retail buyers make on average $55,480 per year and there are about 116,900 of them employed in the US today.
Bowling Green lies in Warren county, which is one of the 55 counties in Kentucky. Overall, the Bowling Green area has 55,680 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2.9% unemployment rate, $16.95/hr average worker wage, and a $35,250 average annual salary.
Of the 3 business and finance schools in Bowling Green, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Draughons Junior College comes out as the most expensive ($23,119/yr) for business and finance students, with Bowling Green Technical College as the lowest, reported at only $5,864/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Bowling Green |
Gallatin | TN | - | 1 | 14.7314 | 31 | 40.2 miles |
Lebanon | TN | - | 6 | 33.1353 | 162 | 53.3 miles |
Clarksville | TN | 121,429 | 6 | 21.4206 | 150 | 57.9 miles |
Nashville | TN | 605,197 | 29 | 25.3624 | 832 | 58.5 miles |
Franklin | TN | 61,515 | 6 | 35.3023 | 121 | 75.3 miles |
Murfreesboro | TN | 109,230 | 4 | 32.6865 | 176 | 77.5 miles |
Dickson | TN | - | 1 | 26.7533 | 18 | 81.2 miles |
Saint Catharine | KY | - | 1 | 13.7868 | 38 | 82.7 miles |
Evansville | IN | 115,666 | 5 | 36.7615 | 255 | 92.3 miles |
Louisville | KY | 556,482 | 22 | 21.6901 | 474 | 94.6 miles |
New Albany | IN | - | 1 | 50.4945 | 53 | 97.1 miles |
Jeffersonville | IN | - | 3 | 16.878 | 5 | 98.3 miles |