Best Manager, All Other programs in Kentucky, ranked by enrollment
All managers not listed.
48 schools in Kentucky run programs that feed this job, graduating 14,435 people a year. The job pays a median of $122,930 in Kentucky across about 2,390 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
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.
53 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.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 52.0201In Kentucky → | 5,844 | 40.5% | 43 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 2 | CIP 52.0101In Kentucky → | 2,457 | 17.0% | 19 | $44,700 | $24,000 |
| 3 | CIP 42.0101In Kentucky → | 1,702 | 11.8% | 23 | $31,426 | $25,250 |
| 4 | CIP 43.0103In Kentucky → | 869 | 6.0% | 19 | $37,408 | $24,069 |
| 5 | CIP 42.2803In Kentucky → | 655 | 4.5% | 7 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 6 | CIP 52.0213In Kentucky → | 483 | 3.3% | 7 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 7 | CIP 45.1001In Kentucky → | 330 | 2.3% | 18 | $35,631 | $23,538 |
| 8 | CIP 54.0101In Kentucky → | 264 | 1.8% | 22 | $31,217 | $24,000 |
| 9 | CIP 45.1101In Kentucky → | 189 | 1.3% | 15 | $34,099 | $25,000 |
| 10 | CIP 44.0401In Kentucky → | 165 | 1.1% | 8 | $45,374 | $26,000 |
| 11 | CIP 42.2801In Kentucky → | 132 | 0.9% | 7 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 12 | CIP 25.0101In Kentucky → | 102 | 0.7% | 3 | $29,163 | $30,154 |
| 13 | CIP 42.2799In Kentucky → | 100 | 0.7% | 2 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 14 | CIP 45.0702In Kentucky → | 84 | 0.6% | 5 | $38,944 | $22,762 |
| 15 | CIP 45.0201In Kentucky → | 82 | 0.6% | 6 | $27,806 | $23,000 |
| 16 | CIP 45.0603In Kentucky → | 79 | 0.5% | 5 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 17 | CIP 45.0401In Kentucky → | 74 | 0.5% | 1 | $37,366 | $25,000 |
| 18 | CIP 45.0601In Kentucky → | 67 | 0.5% | 9 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 19 | CIP 43.0404In Kentucky → | 62 | 0.4% | 4 | $40,889 | $25,000 |
| 20 | CIP 11.1005In Kentucky → | 56 | 0.4% | 7 | $48,185 | $25,250 |
| 21 | CIP 45.0901In Kentucky → | 51 | 0.4% | 5 | $37,878 | $21,750 |
| 22 | CIP 43.0100In Kentucky → | 50 | 0.3% | 3 | $37,408 | $24,069 |
| 23 | CIP 43.0301In Kentucky → | 43 | 0.3% | 1 | $46,281 | $23,250 |
| 24 | CIP 43.0302In Kentucky → | 42 | 0.3% | 3 | $46,281 | $23,250 |
| 25 | CIP 42.2706In Kentucky → | 41 | 0.3% | 2 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 26 | CIP 45.0101In Kentucky → | 40 | 0.3% | 7 | $35,590 | $24,095 |
| 27 | CIP 50.1001In Kentucky → | 35 | 0.2% | 1 | $28,050 | $25,468 |
| 28 | CIP 45.0701In Kentucky → | 34 | 0.2% | 2 | $38,944 | $22,762 |
| 29 | CIP 42.2804In Kentucky → | 31 | 0.2% | 2 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 30 | CIP 42.2805In Kentucky → | 27 | 0.2% | 3 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 31 | CIP 52.0206In Kentucky → | 26 | 0.2% | 3 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 32 | CIP 52.0701In Kentucky → | 26 | 0.2% | 4 | $43,803 | $23,374 |
| 33 | CIP 09.0702In Kentucky → | 24 | 0.2% | 5 | $29,112 | $23,836 |
| 34 | CIP 42.2814In Kentucky → | 24 | 0.2% | 4 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 35 | CIP 42.2704In Kentucky → | 21 | 0.1% | 3 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 36 | CIP 52.0702In Kentucky → | 17 | 0.1% | 1 | $43,803 | $23,374 |
| 37 | CIP 45.1301In Kentucky → | 14 | 0.1% | 2 | $28,378 | $24,924 |
| 38 | CIP 54.0105In Kentucky → | 14 | 0.1% | 2 | $31,217 | $24,000 |
| 39 | CIP 42.2810In Kentucky → | 11 | 0.1% | 1 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 40 | CIP 45.0102In Kentucky → | 11 | 0.1% | 1 | $35,590 | $24,095 |
| 41 | CIP 42.2806In Kentucky → | 10 | 0.1% | 1 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 42 | CIP 43.0202In Kentucky → | 9 | 0.1% | 1 | $48,952 | $12,750 |
| 43 | CIP 45.1201In Kentucky → | 9 | 0.1% | 1 | $40,294 | $21,775 |
| 44 | CIP 50.1002In Kentucky → | 7 | 0.0% | 2 | $28,050 | $25,468 |
| 45 | CIP 45.0604In Kentucky → | 6 | 0.0% | 1 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 46 | CIP 30.5101In Kentucky → | 5 | 0.0% | 1 | — | — |
| 47 | CIP 42.9999In Kentucky → | 3 | 0.0% | 1 | $36,890 | $18,200 |
| 48 | CIP 42.2813In Kentucky → | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 49 | CIP 45.9999In Kentucky → | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | $36,279 | $25,312 |
| 50 | CIP 42.2899In Kentucky → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 51 | CIP 45.0202In Kentucky → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $27,806 | $23,000 |
| 52 | CIP 45.1099In Kentucky → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $35,631 | $23,538 |
| 53 | CIP 52.0211In Kentucky → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
Top 25 schools in Kentucky
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 31 of the 48 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KY Private not-for-profit · 9 feeder programs | 1,537 | Business Administration and Management, General | — | 50% | $11,672 | 99% |
| 2 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY Public · 26 feeder programs | 1,328 | Business/Commerce, General | $49,431 | 71% | — | 93% |
| 3 | University of Louisville Louisville, KY Public · 18 feeder programs | 1,149 | Business/Commerce, General | — | 61% | — | 79% |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY Public · 16 feeder programs | 1,117 | Business/Commerce, General | $48,654 | 52% | — | 68% |
| 5 | Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY Public · 24 feeder programs | 1,060 | Business Administration and Management, General | $44,498 | 56% | — | 94% |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY Public · 18 feeder programs | 958 | Psychology, General | $28,273 | 50% | — | 78% |
| 7 | Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown, KY Public · 2 feeder programs | 548 | Business Administration and Management, General | $40,956 | 59% | — | — |
| 8 | Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville, KY Public · 2 feeder programs | 520 | Business Administration and Management, General | $38,471 | 35% | — | — |
| 9 | Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KY Private not-for-profit · 13 feeder programs | 508 | Business/Commerce, General | $36,749 | 42% | $18,824 | 80% |
| 10 | Somerset Community College Somerset, KY Public · 4 feeder programs | 433 | Business Administration and Management, General | $35,189 | 43% | — | — |
| 11 | Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green, KY Public · 1 feeder programs | 401 | Business Administration and Management, General | $31,559 | 58% | — | — |
| 12 | Murray State University Murray, KY Public · 16 feeder programs | 368 | Business/Commerce, General | $37,285 | 61% | — | 86% |
| 13 | Lindsey Wilson University Columbia, KY Private not-for-profit · 6 feeder programs | 326 | Counseling Psychology | — | 44% | $14,471 | — |
| 14 | Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington, KY Public · 4 feeder programs | 293 | Business Administration and Management, General | $37,319 | 43% | — | — |
| 15 | West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah, KY Public · 2 feeder programs | 292 | Business Administration and Management, General | $28,653 | 50% | — | — |
| 16 | Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro, KY Public · 2 feeder programs | 241 | Business Administration and Management, General | $41,251 | 54% | — | — |
| 17 | Gateway Community and Technical College Florence, KY Public · 3 feeder programs | 240 | Business Administration and Management, General | $39,306 | 59% | — | — |
| 18 | Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville, KY Public · 2 feeder programs | 234 | Business Administration and Management, General | $33,107 | 56% | — | — |
| 19 | Bellarmine University Louisville, KY Private not-for-profit · 10 feeder programs | 212 | Business Administration and Management, General | $41,061 | 64% | $22,542 | 86% |
| 20 | Madisonville Community College Madisonville, KY Public · 3 feeder programs | 211 | Business Administration and Management, General | $25,482 | 49% | — | — |
| 21 | Midway University Midway, KY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 194 | Business Administration and Management, General | — | 41% | $23,658 | 95% |
| 22 | Morehead State University Morehead, KY Public · 9 feeder programs | 188 | Sociology, General | $34,511 | 52% | — | 77% |
| 23 | Sullivan University Louisville, KY Private for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 165 | Business Administration and Management, General | $46,483 | 71% | $29,703 | — |
| 24 | Spalding University Louisville, KY Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 163 | Clinical Psychology | — | 52% | $23,661 | 99% |
| 25 | Centre College Danville, KY Private not-for-profit · 7 feeder programs | 161 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $51,077 | 81% | $18,407 | 54% |
All 48 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.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of the Cumberlands | Williamsburg | Private not-for-profit | 1,537 | 9 |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington | Public | 1,328 | 26 |
| University of Louisville | Louisville | Public | 1,149 | 18 |
| Northern Kentucky University | Highland Heights | Public | 1,117 | 16 |
| Western Kentucky University | Bowling Green | Public | 1,060 | 24 |
| Eastern Kentucky University | Richmond | Public | 958 | 18 |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | Elizabethtown | Public | 548 | 2 |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College | Louisville | Public | 520 | 2 |
| Campbellsville University | Campbellsville | Private not-for-profit | 508 | 13 |
| Somerset Community College | Somerset | Public | 433 | 4 |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College | Bowling Green | Public | 401 | 1 |
| Murray State University | Murray | Public | 368 | 16 |
| Lindsey Wilson University | Columbia | Private not-for-profit | 326 | 6 |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College | Lexington | Public | 293 | 4 |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College | Paducah | Public | 292 | 2 |
What managers, all other earn in Kentucky
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $141,900. Kentucky pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Kentucky
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
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 Managers, All Other page.
How to become a Manager, All Other
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
- Work experience needed
- Less than 5 years
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
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 25 majors mapped to Managers, All Other23 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 03.0204Environmental/Natural Resource Economics
- 09.0702Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
- 11.1005Information Technology Project Management
- 25.0101Library and Information Science
- 25.0103Archives/Archival Administration
- 30.0601Systems Science and Theory
- 30.1202Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis
- 30.3901Economics and Computer Science
- 30.4001Economics and Foreign Language/Literature
- 30.4201Geoarcheaology
- 30.4501History and Language/Literature(no graduates reported)
- 30.4601History and Political Science
- 30.4701Linguistics and Anthropology
- 30.5101Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- 30.5201Digital Humanities and Textual Studies, General
- 30.5202Digital Humanities
- 30.5203Textual Studies(no graduates reported)
- 39.0801Religious Institution Administration and Management
- 42.0101Psychology, General
- 42.2701Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
- 42.2702Comparative Psychology
- 42.2703Developmental and Child Psychology
- 42.2704Experimental Psychology
- 42.2705Personality Psychology
- 42.2706Behavioral Neuroscience
Common questions
Answers for people weighing managers, all other programs in Kentucky.
What degree do you need to become a Manager, All Other?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Business Administration and Management, General, which awarded 5,844 degrees in Kentucky in 2024-25, 40.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Manager, All Other?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 53 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Business/Commerce, Psychology, Criminal Justice and Corrections, plus 25 more. Together they graduate about 14,435 people a year in Kentucky.
How much do managers, all other earn in Kentucky?+
The median is $122,930 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 13.4% below the U.S. median of $141,900. 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 managers, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +4.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 106,700 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Kentucky?+
48 institutions in Kentucky reported graduates from at least one of the 53 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 managers, all other work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Site Manager, Wind Site Manager, Compliance Manager, Wind Plant Manager, Compliance Director, Development Manager among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-9199.
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 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected 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 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
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