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Louisville, Kentucky has 5 accredited schools offering healthcare programs, with tuition ranging from $47,180 to $60,247 per year for indexed programs. Louisville has a population of about 1,003,412. In the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area, the top-earning healthcare-related role is Medical and Health Services Manager at a median $112,070 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer healthcare programs near Louisville, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Louisville city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Louisville. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education SchoolsIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on CollegesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on CollegesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Kentucky schools on the Kentucky healthcare page.
Louisville is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area (BLS area code 31140). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Kentucky statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical and Health Services Manager | $112,070 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $120,376 |
| Health Information Technologist or Medical Registrar | $60,420 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $64,898 |
| Medical Records Specialist | $53,460 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $57,422 |
| Medical Secretary or Administrative Assistant | $44,430 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $47,723 |
| Healthcare Social Worker | $68,970 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $74,082 |
| Epidemiologist | $78,810 | KY statewide | $84,651 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 93.1 (below U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
| Healthcare-related employment in Jefferson County | 75,328 workers, 4,636 establishments | BLS QCEW 2024 annual |
Accredited schools offering healthcare programs near Louisville are listed on this page, ranked by BOC Score and distance from the city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS and College Scorecard data on every site update, so it stays current as programs open and close.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying healthcare-related roles near Louisville are: Medical and Health Services Manager ($112,070), Epidemiologist ($78,810), Healthcare Social Worker ($68,970). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Kentucky statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Jeffersontown, KY is 5.1 miles from Louisville and has its own set of local healthcare programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Louisville:
Data verified: July 23, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
