by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Kentucky was awarded 446 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social work.
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College Factual ranked UK as #230 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UK held the #250 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 38 colleges in Kentucky, UK is ranked at #1.
With an acceptance rate of 94%, University of Kentucky is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 10% of students accepted to UK submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 543 and 660. Math scores were between 540 and 670.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, University of Kentucky is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Kentucky is 88%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Kentucky has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UK for first-time, full-time students is 45%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 22,227 undergraduates at UK with 20,239 being full-time and 1,988 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,593 | $13,424 | $16,708 | $20,959 | $23,946 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UK, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UK, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $9,045 a year. That adds up to $36,180 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UK is 4.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UK are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | South Limestone, Lexington, KY 40506-0032 |
| Phone: | 859-257-9000 |
| Website: | www.uky.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/universityofky |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/universityofky |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | 343 | $38,713 |
| General Business/Commerce | 324 | $41,792 |
| Nursing | 293 | $58,034 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 278 | $29,771 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 267 | $50,819 |
| General Psychology | 256 | $24,569 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 211 | $34,243 |
| General Biology | 208 | $21,456 |
| Accounting | 173 | $50,335 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 169 | $62,556 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 11,846 students took at least one online class at University of Kentucky. This is a decrease from the 25,082 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 11,846 | 3,447 |
| 2019-2020 | 25,082 | 4,976 |
| 2018-2019 | 7,886 | 1,992 |
| 2017-2018 | 7,038 | 1,622 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,984 | 1,469 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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