Program Payoff

Business Administration, Management and Operations programs in Kentucky

47 schools in Kentucky teach this, at certificate or associate level. 13 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $35,416 at Gateway Community and Technical College.

What this work pays in Kentucky

General and Operations Managers in Kentucky earn a median of $79,370 a year across 52,100 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Kentucky
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$63,18019,670
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$40,08018,290
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$72,49013,820
Human Resources Specialists$69,01010,900
Project Management Specialists$81,70010,250

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Gateway Community and Technical College Florence Associate's degree $11,595 $35,416 (27 grads) 38
Sullivan University Louisville Associate's degree $23,096 $35,213 (60 grads) 29
Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville Associate's degree $17,739 $33,993 (23 grads) 20
Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville Associate's degree $31,314 (29 grads) 25
Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington Associate's degree $13,683 $28,598 (36 grads) 65
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown Associate's degree $14,250 $27,181 (45 grads) 40
Western Kentucky University Bowling Green Associate's degree $26,353 (12 grads) 4
Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland Associate's degree $12,353 $25,967 (26 grads) 21
Henderson Community College Henderson Associate's degree $25,194 (15 grads) 8
Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville Associate's degree $25,194 (11 grads) 14
Somerset Community College Somerset Associate's degree $14,554 $25,194 (37 grads) 48
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green Associate's degree $13,650 $24,730 (14 grads) 37
West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah Associate's degree $10,412 $21,356 (33 grads) 25
Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland Undergraduate certificate $12,204 not published 104
Beckfield College-Florence Florence Associate's degree not published 6
Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg Undergraduate certificate $5,399 not published 76
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown Undergraduate certificate $11,301 not published 226
Gateway Community and Technical College Florence Undergraduate certificate $11,100 not published 223
Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville Undergraduate certificate $13,027 not published 134
Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville Undergraduate certificate $16,637 not published 286
Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro Undergraduate certificate $7,246 not published 72
Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro Associate's degree $7,246 not published 36
Somerset Community College Somerset Undergraduate certificate $14,422 not published 232
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green Undergraduate certificate $11,115 not published 304
West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah Undergraduate certificate $10,295 not published 214
ATA College Louisville Associate's degree not published
Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg Associate's degree not published 19
Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington Undergraduate certificate not published 70
Brescia University Owensboro Associate's degree not published
Eastern Kentucky University Richmond Undergraduate certificate not published
Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard Undergraduate certificate not published 57
Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard Associate's degree not published 16
Henderson Community College Henderson Undergraduate certificate not published 33
Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville Undergraduate certificate not published 84
Kentucky Christian University Grayson Associate's degree not published 0
Madisonville Community College Madisonville Undergraduate certificate not published 95
Madisonville Community College Madisonville Associate's degree not published 28
Murray State University Murray Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland Undergraduate certificate not published 43
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland Associate's degree not published 12
Sullivan University Louisville Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Thomas More University Crestview Hills Undergraduate certificate not published
Thomas More University Crestview Hills Associate's degree not published
University of Kentucky Lexington Undergraduate certificate not published 8
University of Pikeville Pikeville Undergraduate certificate not published 1
University of Pikeville Pikeville Associate's degree not published 1
Western Kentucky University Bowling Green Undergraduate certificate not published 32

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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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.