Kentucky's Postsecondary Institutions
- Public universities: 8
- KCTCS: 16
- AIKCU not-for-profit institutions: 18
- Other Kentucky independent institutions: 19
- Licensed out-of-state institutions: 63
Employee Headcount
Spring 2018 term, public colleges and universities
- Total faculty: 11,491
- University faculty: 9,826
- KCTCS faculty: 1,665
- Total non-faculty: 27,524
- University non-faculty: 20,523
- KCTCS non-faculty: 7,001
- Total, all staff: 39,015
Enrollment
Spring 2018 term
- Public universities: 126,826 (Five-year change: -1%)
- KCTCS: 77,680 (Five-year change: -25%)
- AIKCU not-for-profit institutions: 44,489 (Five-year change: 19%)
- Other Kentucky independent institutions: 8,947 (Five-year change: -67%)
- Licensed out-of-state: 6,537 (Five-year change: -90%)
Enrollment by Level
Spring 2018 term, all sectors
- Undergraduate
- Headcount: 216,384
- Full-Time Equivalent: 131,360
- Graduate
- Headcount: 46,011
- Full-Time Equivalent: 20,825
- House Staff
- Headcount: 1,400
- Full-Time Equivalent: 1,400
- Post-Doctoral
- Headcount: 353
- Full-time equivalent: 353
- Unclassified
- Headcount: 331
- Full-time equivalent: 331
Enrollment Demographics
Spring 2018 term, headcount of all sectors and levels
- Female: 149,570 (57%)
- Male: 113,951 (43%)
- American Indian or Alaskan Native: 603 (less than 1%)
- Asian: 4,638 (2%)
- Black: 20,909 (8%)
- Hispanic or Latino: 9,372 (4%)
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 258 (less than 1%)
- Nonresident Alien: 11,682 (4%)
- Race/Ethnicity unknown: 10,378 (4%)
- Two or more races: 7,189 (3%)
- White: 199,450 (75%)
- International: 8,939 (4%)
- Out-of-State: 52,063 (21%)
- Adult undergraduates (age 25 and over) at public and AIKCU institutions: 47,783 (22%)
- Adult undergraduates (age 25 and over) at public and AIKCU institutions attending full-time: 18,047 (37%)
Degrees/Credentials Conferred
2016-17 academic year, all sectors
- Diploma and undergraduate certificate: 25,469 (Five-year change: 18%)
- Diploma, 2-4 Year: 103 (Five-year change: N/A)
- Associate: 12,147 (Five-year change: N/A)
- Baccalaureate: 24,179 (Five-year change: 6%)
- Master’s/Specialist: 11,732 (Five-year change: 40%)
- Graduate certificate: 622 (Five-year change: 17%)
- Doctorate – research/scholarship: 689 (Five-year change: 4%)
- Doctorate – other: 78 (Five-year change: N/A)
- Doctorate – professional practice: 1,506 (Five-year change: 8%)
Financial Aid
- KEES (merit-based awards)
- Recipients: 69,434
- Average award: $1,542
- CAP (need-based awards)
- Recipients: 38,586
- Average award: $1,576
- KTG (need-based, private colleges)
- Recipients: 10,644
- Average award: $2,669
- Pell grants
- Recipients: 110,355
- Average award: $3,716
- Qualified, unfunded students for need-based programs: 114,956
Adult Education
2017 fiscal year
- Number of GED® graduates: 3,299
- Percentage of GED® graduates entering postsecondary education (within two academic years): 30.2%
- GED® testing pass rate: 85%
Fiscal Information
2016-17 fiscal year, public colleges and universities
- Total public funds: $2,551,421,547
(The sum of state General Fund appropriations and gross tuition and fee revenue.) - Net State General Funds: $910,565,500
(State General Fund appropriations less debt service for capital projects.) - Gross tuition and fee revenue: $1,640,856,047
(Total tuition/fee revenue prior to applying institutionally funded scholarships and other discounts.) - State student financial aid: $143,952,113
(State-funded need- and merit-based grant aid provided through KHEAA.) - Completions per $1M in education and related expenses: 27.7
(The cost for meeting the educational mission of a college; includes instruction and student services expenses, plus an allocation for academic and institutional support; maintenance and operations; and libraries.) - External research and development funding: $533,800,000
Research and development funding supported by grants from the federal government or other sources external to the institution.