NE Kentucky News

About 16.2 percent of the 1,763 degrees and certificates handed out by Morehead State University in 2017-18 were to students in education programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Morehead conferred 134 master's degrees and 118 bachelor's degrees in education programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in general studies. Data shows the school gave out 153 bachelor's degrees in general studies, followed by 89 bachelor's degrees in social work and 70 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse.

The university enrolled 10,195 students for 2017-18, including 9,395 in undergraduate programs and 800 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Associates degrees	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Certificates awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Special Education and Teaching, General	53	-	-	-	53
Education, General	-	-	38	-	38
Elementary Education and Teaching	26	-	5	-	31
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	-	28	-	28
Secondary Education and Teaching	-	-	20	-	20
Curriculum and Instruction	-	-	-	18	18
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	15	-	2	-	17
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	-	16	-	16
Health Teacher Education	16	-	-	-	16
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	-	-	15	-	15
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	-	-	9	-	9
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other	-	-	9	-	9
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	8	-	-	-	8
Educational/Instructional Technology	-	-	7	-	7
Educational Administration and Supervision, Other	-	-	1	-	1
Business Teacher Education	-	-	-	-	-
Education total	118	-	150	18	286	16.2
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	70	33	-	-	103
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist	42	40	-	-	82
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant	22	27	-	-	49
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General	15	-	-	-	15
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	-	7	-	-	7
Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other	-	-	-	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	-	-	-	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	-	-	-	-	-
Health Professions and Related Programs total	149	107	-	-	256	14.5
Business/Commerce, General	42	-	59	-	101
Accounting	59	-	-	-	59
Business Administration and Management, General	40	-	-	-	40
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	22	-	-	-	22
Management Information Systems, General	12	3	1	-	16
Finance, General	9	-	-	-	9
Business/Managerial Economics	2	-	-	-	2
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	186	3	60	-	249	14.1
General Studies	153	26	-	-	179
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	153	26	-	-	179	10.2
Engineering Technology, General	61	4	-	-	65
Engineering/Industrial Management	19	-	17	-	36
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields, Other	5	-	-	-	5
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	-	-	-	-	-
Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total	85	4	17	-	106	6
Social Work	89	-	-	-	89
Public Administration	-	-	-	-	-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	89	-	-	-	89	5
Biomedical Sciences, General	58	-	-	-	58
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	11	-	3	-	14
Neuroscience	3	-	-	-	3
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	72	-	3	-	75	4.2
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	44	-	-	-	44
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	16	-	8	-	24
Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General	3	-	-	-	3
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total	63	-	8	-	71	4
Music, General	26	-	6	-	32
Fine/Studio Arts, General	23	-	2	-	25
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	7	-	-	-	7
Music Performance, General	-	-	4	-	4
Music, Other	1	-	-	-	1
Visual and Performing Arts total	57	-	12	-	69	3.9
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other	29	-	-	-	29
Communication and Media Studies, Other	26	-	-	-	26
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	-	-	9	-	9
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	55	-	9	-	64	3.6
Sociology	45	-	8	-	53
Political Science and Government, General	8	-	-	-	8
Social Sciences, General	1	-	-	-	1
Social Sciences total	54	-	8	-	62	3.5
Agriculture, General	60	-	-	-	60
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences total	60	-	-	-	60	3.4
Psychology, General	36	-	-	-	36
Clinical Psychology	-	-	9	-	9
Psychology total	36	-	9	-	45	2.6
English Language and Literature, General	22	-	19	-	41
Creative Writing	3	-	-	-	3
English Language and Literature/Letters total	25	-	19	-	44	2.5
Physics, General	14	-	-	-	14
Chemistry, General	7	-	-	-	7
Geology/Earth Science, General	4	-	-	-	4
Physical Sciences total	25	-	-	-	25	1.4
Computer and Information Sciences, General	22	-	-	-	22
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	22	-	-	-	22	1.2
Mathematics, General	19	-	-	-	19
Mathematics and Statistics total	19	-	-	-	19	1.1
Legal Studies, General	17	-	-	-	17
Legal Professions and Studies total	17	-	-	-	17	1
History, General	11	-	-	-	11
History total	11	-	-	-	11	0.6
Spanish Language and Literature	5	-	-	-	5
French Language and Literature	-	-	-	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	5	-	-	-	5	0.3
Philosophy	4	-	-	-	4
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	4	-	-	-	4	0.2
International/Global Studies	3	-	-	-	3
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	3	-	-	-	3	0.2
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	-	-	2	-	2
Engineering total	-	-	2	-	2	0.1