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University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

https://www.uky.edu

#286 National Colleges

95.85% Admission Rate
Least Selective

21,864 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Public
  • Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
  • Four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, large, primarily residential
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities (the other being Kentucky State University) and the institution with the highest enrollment in the state, with 30,545 students as of fall 2019.The institution comprises 16 colleges, a graduate school, 93 undergraduate programs, 99 master programs, 66 doctoral programs, and four professional programs. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation, Kentucky spent $393 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 63rd in the nation.

The University of Kentucky has fifteen libraries on campus. The largest is the William T. Young Library, a federal depository, hosting subjects related to social sciences, humanities, and life sciences collections. Since 1997, the university has focused expenditures increasingly on research, following a compact formed by the Kentucky General Assembly. The directive mandated that the university become a Top 20 public research institution, in terms of an overall ranking, to be determined by the university itself, by the year 2020.

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Location

City
Lexington, Kentucky

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Locale
City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)

Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 18.0%
Engineering 11.0%
Health Professions And Related Programs 10.8%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 8.8%
Education 7.9%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 6.3%
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences 5.0%
Psychology 4.7%
Social Sciences 4.4%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 3.3%
Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 3.2%
Visual And Performing Arts 2.7%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 1.8%
English Language And Literature/Letters 1.7%
Public Administration And Social Service Professions 1.6%
Architecture And Related Services 1.5%
Natural Resources And Conservation 1.5%
Physical Sciences 1.4%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 1.2%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 1.0%
History 1.0%
Mathematics And Statistics 0.8%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.3%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 0.2%
Engineering Technologies And Engineering-Related Fields 0.1%

Cost

In State Tuition
$12,360.00

Out of State Tuition
$30,680.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
40.00%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$17,127.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1227 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 670 600 530
Verbal 650 595 540

ACT Scores

26 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 28 25 22
English 32 27 22