Organizational Leadership at Western Kentucky University

If you plan to study organizational leadership, take a look at what Western Kentucky University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students received a bachelor's degree in organizational leadership from WKU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Organizational Leadership section at the bottom of this page.

WKU Organizational Leadership Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Organizational Leadership (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Leadership
• Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership

Online Classes Are Available at WKU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

WKU does offer online education options in organizational leadership for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WKU Organizational Leadership Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks organizational leadership programs across the country. The following shows how WKU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The organizational leadership major at WKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Organizational Leadership. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	1
	5
	30
	31
	38
	44
	56
	57
	68
	85
	105

In 2021, 123 students received their master’s degree in organizational leadership from WKU. This makes it the #8 most popular school for organizational leadership master’s degree candidates in the country.

Organizational Leadership Student Demographics at WKU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the organizational leadership majors at Western Kentucky University.

WKU Organizational Leadership Bachelor’s Program

Of the 61 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in organizational leadership from WKU in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in organizational leadership at WKU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in organizational leadership.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	46
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WKU Organizational Leadership Master’s Program

Of the 123 organizational leadership students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WKU, about 61% were men and 39% were women.

Of the students who received a organizational leadership master's degree from WKU, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Kentucky University with a master's in organizational leadership.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	86
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

WKU also has a doctoral program available in organizational leadership. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Business Administration and Management

Careers That Organizational Leadership Grads May Go Into

A degree in organizational leadership can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Management Analysts	4,280	$72,850
Business Professors	630	$85,970

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.