Western Kentucky University, a public university founded in 1906, enrolls about 21,000 students in more than 100 programs leading to a variety of undergraduate and graduate (including doctoral) degrees. Western Kentucky University consists of six undergraduate colleges and the Office of Graduate Studies and Research.
Western Kentucky University’s degree offerings include more than 80 online programs and certificates. Online students can complete associate’s degrees in early childhood education, interdisciplinary studies, and water resource management, as well as six bachelor’s degrees such as family and consumer sciences, organizational leadership, and sociology.
The university also offers bachelor degree completion programs in management, dental hygiene, technology management, and systems management, as well as a degree in environmental health sciences, which requires some on-campus time. Western Kentucky University’s online students can also pursue more than two dozen master’s degree in topics such as criminology, education, biology, and athletic training.
Students have access to online tutoring, academic advising, library resources, and career services.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Western Kentucky University #31 in Regional Universities (South) in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges and #176 in its list of Best Education Schools.
Western Kentucky University holds accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. The respected Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business also provides accreditation to Western Kentucky University’s Gordon Ford College of Business.
