Louisville, KY (population: 556,482) has three ESL schools within its city limits. University of Louisville, the highest ranked school in the city with an ESL program, has a total student population of 21,016. It is the 1677th highest ranked school in the USA and the 14th highest in the state of Kentucky (#1 is Centre College).
ESL students from Louisville schools who go on to become english as a second language instructors, ESL trainers, ESL teachers, ESL tutors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 65,490 people working as english language and literature teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,860. Also, Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors make on average $50,390 per year and there are about 68,430 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Louisville-Jefferson County-IN area alone, there are 90 employed adult literacy, remedial education, and ged teachers and instructors earning an average salary of $32,980. English language and literature teachers in this area earn $57,210/yr and there are 140 employed.
Louisville lies in Jefferson county, which is one of the 55 counties in Kentucky. Overall, the Louisville-Jefferson County-IN area has 593,940 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.7% unemployment rate, $19.22/hr average worker wage, and a $39,970 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.227 out of every 1000 jobs in Louisville are held by english language and literature teachers, and 0.148/1000 are held by adult literacy, remedial education, and ged teachers and instructors.
Of the 3 ESL schools in Louisville, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Spalding University comes out as the most expensive ($22,380/yr) for ESL students, with University of Louisville as the lowest, reported at only $10,764/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Louisville |
Jeffersonville | IN | - | 3 | 16.878 | 5 | 4.0 miles |
New Albany | IN | - | 1 | 50.4945 | 53 | 6.4 miles |
Hanover | IN | - | 1 | 62.3933 | 55 | 37.1 miles |
Saint Catharine | KY | - | 1 | 13.7868 | 38 | 44.1 miles |
Frankfort | KY | - | 1 | 45.3097 | 44 | 47.1 miles |
Lexington | KY | 279,146 | 12 | 25.7509 | 248 | 70.7 miles |
Florence | KY | - | 8 | 23.3148 | 213 | 80.8 miles |
Crestview Hills | KY | - | 1 | 24.073 | 65 | 83.8 miles |
Covington | KY | 43,469 | 3 | 25.6472 | 61 | 87.4 miles |
Oakland City | IN | - | 1 | 58.4328 | 69 | 87.5 miles |
Cincinnati | OH | 332,807 | 36 | 23.3732 | 744 | 92.0 miles |
Bowling Green | KY | 56,941 | 5 | 29.5084 | 365 | 94.6 miles |
Greenwood | IN | 50,562 | 2 | 33.0452 | 104 | 98.9 miles |
Evansville | IN | 115,666 | 5 | 36.7615 | 255 | 99.4 miles |
Somerset | KY | - | 1 | 14.9987 | 47 | 99.8 miles |