Western Kentucky University
Average Annual Cost
The average annual net price that a student who receives federal financial aid pays to cover expenses (e.g. tuition, living expenses, etc.) to attend the school's largest program. Net price is the program's cost of attendance minus any grants and scholarships received. For public schools, this is only the average cost for in-state students. Negative cost values indicate that the average grant/scholarship aid exceeded the cost of attendance.
Est. Student Population
Healthcare Programs
About Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky with additional regional campuses in Glasgow, Elizabethtown, and Owensboro.
Western Kentucky University offers the following healthcare-related courses:
Clinical Medical Assistant
This program is intended for students who want to prepare for an exciting, challenging and rewarding career in healthcare. This program will train students to assist physicians by performing functions related to the clinical responsibilities of a medical office. Instruction includes preparing patients for examination and treatment, routine laboratory procedures, diagnostic testing, technical aspects of phlebotomy and the cardiac life cycle. Students will review important topics including phlebotomy, pharmacology, the proper use and administration of medications, taking and documenting vital signs, cardiology including proper lead placements, a professional workplace behavior, ethics and the legal aspects of healthcare. To be eligible for the clinical rotation, students must successfully complete the 140 hour program, submit to a thorough background check, drug screening and meet other requirements.
Medical Billing & Coding
Medical billing and coding is one of the fastest-growing careers in the healthcare industry today! The need for professionals who understand how to code healthcare services and procedures for third-party insurance reimbursement is growing substantially. Physician practices, hospitals, pharmacies, long-term care facilities, chiropractic practices, physical therapy practices, and other healthcare providers all depend on medical billing and coding for insurance carrier reimbursement.
Pharmacy Technician
This comprehensive 50 hour program will prepare students to work as a pharmacy technician in a retail or other pharmacy setting and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board's PTCB exam. Course content includes: pharmacy medical terminology, the history of pharmacy, the pharmacy practice in multiple environments, pharmacy calculations and measurements, reading and interpreting prescriptions and defining drugs by generic and brand names. Through classroom lecture and hands on labs, students will review dosage calculations, drug classifications, the "top 200 drugs", I.V. flow rates, sterile compounding, dose conversions, aseptic technique, the handling of sterile products, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and billing and reimbursement.
Recent news about Western Kentucky University
The reverse vending machines are the latest additions to the university’s sustainability efforts. Placed near traditional vending machines, the reverse vending machines allow students to recycle their plastic bottles and aluminum cans.
The grant will support Project ELEVATE (Educational Leadership Experience and Visionary Apprenticeship for Transformative Excellence).
Project CARE will allow the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences to better support students going into education with initiatives like apprenticeship programs and dual enrollment opportunities.
Ashton Lyvers will be continuing research on her Honors’ thesis, which investigated the relationship between gender expression and respect.
Three different programs produced by WKU PBS have received a total of five nominations for the 50th annual Ohio Valley Emmy Awards. The winners will be announced on July 29.
The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents held its second quarterly meeting, during which it approved new certificate programs, streamlined the agriculture program, and approved a number of other items.
In an email announcement, Western Kentucky University’s President Timothy C. Caboni announced that the retention rate of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students had increased to 85.1%.
Western Kentucky University honored Margaret E. Munday with a building dedication recently. She was the first Black student to enroll at the university.
Western Kentucky University’s Kentucky Museum has received a $48,384 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to upgrade the climate control systems in the building.
Over the last five years, Western Kentucky University has increased its Campus Pride Index rating from two stars to 4.5 stars for efforts to make the campus a safe and welcoming learning environment for LGBTQ+ students.
Hilltopper Hall and Chick-fil-A join the Fresh Food Company in being the three restaurants on WKU's campus that have received Level One Certified Green Restaurant status from the Green Restaurant Association.
A local partnership, led by WKU professors, recently received an award from the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools for its work in biodiversity. The partnership between Cloudbridge Nature Preserve and The Gatton Academy works to strengthen STEM education and provides opportunities for students to travel abroad.