Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General programs in Kentucky
18 schools in Kentucky teach this, at certificate or associate level. 2 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $21,052 at Hopkinsville Community College.
What this work pays in Kentucky
Community Health Workers in Kentucky earn a median of $48,230 a year across 980 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| Health Education Specialists | $65,370 | 760 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville | Associate's degree | — | $21,052 (13 grads) | 4 |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah | Associate's degree | $7,194 | $19,835 (42 grads) | 19 |
| Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland | Associate's degree | $5,725 | not published | 8 |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville | Associate's degree | $10,800 | not published | 0 |
| University of Kentucky Lexington | Undergraduate certificate | $12,500 | not published | 23 |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Brescia University Owensboro | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Gateway Community and Technical College Florence | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 25 |
| Henderson Community College Henderson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Madisonville Community College Madisonville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Spalding University Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
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The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.