Kentucky·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-9031

Best Instructional Coordinator programs in Kentucky, ranked by enrollment

Develop instructional material, coordinate educational content, and incorporate current technology into instruction in order to provide guidelines to educators and instructors for developing curricula and conducting courses.

11 schools in Kentucky run programs that feed this job, graduating 364 people a year. The job pays a median of $63,640 in Kentucky across about 3,380 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledCurriculum CoordinatorInstructional DesignerInstructional TechnologistCurriculum and Instruction DirectorCourse DeveloperCurriculum ManagerCurriculum DesignerCurriculum Director
Graduates / yr
364
in Kentucky
Median pay · Kentucky
$63,640
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
3,380
people employed
Schools
11
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
53%
across those schools
Median net price
$19,816
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Kentucky that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

2 programs in Kentucky that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Kentucky (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Kentucky page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 13.0301In Kentucky
267
73.4%
10$45,004$27,000
2
CIP 13.0501In Kentucky
97
26.6%
5$40,786$33,629

Top 11 schools in Kentucky

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 11 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
149Curriculum and Instruction50%$11,67299%
2Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY Public · 2 feeder programs
52Educational/Instructional Technology56%94%
3Spalding University
Louisville, KY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
51Curriculum and Instruction52%$23,66199%
4Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY Public · 2 feeder programs
29Educational/Instructional Technology50%78%
5Morehead State University
Morehead, KY Public · 2 feeder programs
25Curriculum and Instruction52%77%
6University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY Public · 2 feeder programs
20Educational/Instructional Technology71%93%
7Georgetown College
Georgetown, KY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
14Curriculum and Instruction49%$12,66691%
8Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, KY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
10Curriculum and Instruction42%$18,82480%
9University of Louisville
Louisville, KY Public · 1 feeder programs
9Curriculum and Instruction61%79%
10Asbury University
Wilmore, KY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
4Educational/Instructional Technology65%$19,81663%
11Union Commonwealth University
Barbourville, KY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Curriculum and Instruction32%$28,38663%

All 11 schools in Kentucky

Every school in Kentucky with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Kentucky that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburgPrivate not-for-profit1491
Western Kentucky UniversityBowling GreenPublic522
Spalding UniversityLouisvillePrivate not-for-profit511
Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmondPublic292
Morehead State UniversityMoreheadPublic252
University of KentuckyLexingtonPublic202
Georgetown CollegeGeorgetownPrivate not-for-profit141
Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsvillePrivate not-for-profit101
University of LouisvilleLouisvillePublic91
Asbury UniversityWilmorePrivate not-for-profit41
Union Commonwealth UniversityBarbourvillePrivate not-for-profit11

What instructional coordinators earn in Kentucky

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Kentucky
$63,640
Mean annual
$69,230
Jobs in state
3,380
What the range looks like
10th pct$43,360Median$63,64090th pct$102,340
Versus the national median
-17.8%

U.S. median $77,440. Kentucky pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.16×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Kentucky

Owensboro, KY
$76,030median
70 jobs
Bowling Green, KY
$79,170median
140 jobs
Elizabethtown, KY
$76,250median
80 jobs
Lexington-Fayette, KY
$63,640median
520 jobs
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$60,670median
920 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+1.3%
Little or no change
Openings per year
21,900
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
2,900
232,600 → 235,500
Typical entry education
Master's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Instructional Coordinators page.

How to become a Instructional Coordinator

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above
Typical entry education
Master's degree
Work experience needed
5 years or more

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Top skills

Learning StrategiesSpeakingWritingMonitoringActive ListeningReading Comprehension

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Kentucky

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 2 majors mapped to Instructional Coordinators2 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 13.0301Curriculum and Instruction
  • 13.0501Educational/Instructional Technology

Common questions

Answers for people weighing instructional coordinators programs in Kentucky.

What degree do you need to become an Instructional Coordinator?+

Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Curriculum and Instruction, which awarded 267 degrees in Kentucky in 2024-25, 73.4% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Instructional Coordinator?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Curriculum and Instruction, Educational/Instructional Media Design. Together they graduate about 364 people a year in Kentucky.

How much do instructional coordinators earn in Kentucky?+

The median is $63,640 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 17.8% below the U.S. median of $77,440. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for instructional coordinators growing?+

BLS projects a +1.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 21,900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Kentucky?+

11 institutions in Kentucky reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do instructional coordinators work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Curriculum Coordinator, Instructional Designer, Instructional Technologist, Curriculum and Instruction Director among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-9031.

Instructional Coordinators in other statesUtahGeorgiaIndianaTexasArizonaVirginiaFloridaIllinois

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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