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Kentucky Child Care Workers: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Child Care Workers in Kentucky

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Fast Facts for Child Care Workers in Kentucky

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Elizabethtown and Owensboro
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Louisville and Lexington
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Louisville and Lexington

Salaries for Child Care Workers in Kentucky

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Lexington and Louisville. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Child Care Workers in Kentucky are listed below.

Selected Child Care Worker Schools in Kentucky

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Sullivan University
Ft. Knox, Lexington, Louisville

Kentucky's largest private college employs a stair-step approach that lets students earn credentials as they progress through their career programs, useful for gaining relevant employment while studying.

  • Programs: Professional Nanny
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Child Care Workers in Kentucky

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Child Care Career Skills, Child Day Care
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Child Day Care Management
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Kentucky Child Care Worker Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshlandAssociate4,675
Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexingtonAssociate11,596
Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsvilleMasters2,560
Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmondDoctorate15,839
Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtownAssociate5,506
Gateway Community and Technical CollegeCovingtonAssociate3,130
Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazardAssociate4,457
Henderson Community CollegeHendersonAssociate1,984
Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsvilleAssociate3,426
Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisvilleAssociate15,475
Lindsey Wilson CollegeColumbiaMasters1,893
Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonvilleAssociate4,363
Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysvilleAssociate3,630
Murray State UniversityMurrayMasters10,778
Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboroAssociate5,435
Saint Catharine CollegeSaint CatharineBachelor667
Somerset Community CollegeSomersetAssociate7,110
West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducahAssociate7,090

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Child Care Workers

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Kentucky. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Child Care Workers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Child Care Workers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

KENTUCKY

   
Elizabethtown380$16,1302.3
Owensboro400$17,4202.2
Bowling Green470$15,6802.1
Lexington1,500$18,6001.4
Louisville3,510$18,4501.3
Employment For:
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