Kentucky contains three schools that offer entrepreneurship programs. Western Kentucky University, the highest-ranking entrepreneurship school in KY, has a total student population of 20,712 and is the 1859th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 3 entrepreneurship schools in Kentucky, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Saint Catharine College comes out as the most expensive ($13,793/yr), with Western Kentucky University as the lowest recorded at only $9,729/yr.
Entrepreneurship students from Kentucky schools who go on to become entrepreneurs, internet entrepreneurs, e-business entrepreneurs, e-commerce entrepreneurs, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,036,450 people working as business operations specialists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,960. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Kentucky alone, there are 57,030 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average yearly salary of $53,450. Business operations specialists in this state earn $57,590/yr and there are 7,440 employed.
Also, within the entrepreneurship schools in Kentucky, the average student population is 2,555 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from entrepreneurship, there are 2859 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,477 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,117, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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