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Transylvania University

Lexington, Kentucky

https://www.transy.edu

#454 National Colleges

89.67% Admission Rate
Least Selective

946 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Private nonprofit
  • Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
  • Four-year, full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, very small, highly residential
  • Religious Affiliation: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Transylvania University, colloquially known as "Transy", is a private university in Lexington, Kentucky. It was founded in 1780 and was the first university in Kentucky. It offers 46 major programs, as well as dual-degree engineering programs, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Its medical program graduated 8,000 physicians by 1859.Transylvania's name, meaning "across the woods" in Latin, stems from the university's founding in the heavily forested region of western Virginia known as the Transylvania Colony, which existed briefly between 1775 and 1776 in south and western Kentucky.

Transylvania is the alma mater of two U.S. vice presidents, two U.S. Supreme Court justices, 50 U.S. senators, 101 U.S. representatives, 36 U.S. governors, 34 U.S. ambassadors, and one Confederate president, making it a large producer of U.S. statesmen.


"Transylvania University." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 February 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvania_University.
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
Bachelor's degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 17.8%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 15.7%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies 10.4%
Social Sciences 8.7%
Psychology 8.3%
Visual And Performing Arts 5.2%
Physical Sciences 5.2%
Education 5.2%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 5.2%
Mathematics And Statistics 4.8%
History 3.5%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2.6%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 2.2%
English Language And Literature/Letters 1.7%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 1.7%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 1.3%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 0.4%

Cost

Tuition
$40,210.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
59.68%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$23,906.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1259 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 670 600 530
Verbal 680 615 550

ACT Scores

27 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 28 25 21
English 31 27 23