Student Population at University of Kentucky

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
31,547	22,735	8,812

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 31,547 students have enrolled in University of Kentucky with 22,735 undergraduate and 8,812 graduate students.

By gender, 12,723 male and 18,824 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

4,064 students are enrolled exclusively, and 9,547 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

University of Kentucky has a total of 31,547 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 22,735 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,812 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 12,723 male and 18,824 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	31,547	22,735	8,812
Men	12,723	9,583	3,140
Women	18,824	13,152	5,672

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 23,250 White, 2,217 Black, and 1,172 Asian students out of a total of 31,547 are attending at University of Kentucky. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	62	25	37
Asian	1,172	523	649
Black	2,217	766	1,451
Hispanic	1,779	739	1,040
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	21	9	12
White	23,250	9,198	14,052
Two or more races	1,150	432	718
Race Unknown	732	361	371

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	42	16	26
Asian	814	356	458
Black	1,529	604	925
Hispanic	1,404	619	785
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	17	8	9
White	17,250	7,190	10,060
Two or more races	939	367	572
Race Unknown	355	196	159

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	20	9	11
Asian	358	167	191
Black	688	162	526
Hispanic	375	120	255
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	1	3
White	6,000	2,008	3,992
Two or more races	211	65	146
Race Unknown	377	165	212

Student Age Distribution

By age, U of Kentucky has 456 students under 18 years old and 88 students over 65 years old. There are 24,342 students under 25 years old, and 7,205 students over 25 years old out of 31,547 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 456 students are younger than 18 and 54 students are older than 65. U of Kentucky has 21,344 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,391 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,998 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,814 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	456	311	145
18-19	9,460	5,802	3,658
20-21	8,870	5,168	3,702
22-24	5,556	3,128	2,428
25-29	3,246	1,858	1,388
30-34	1,529	887	642
35-39	900	602	298
40-49	1,032	737	295
50-64	410	295	115
Over 65	88	36	52

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	456	311	145
18-19	9,459	5,802	3,657
20-21	8,676	5,023	3,653
22-24	2,753	1,243	1,510
25-29	558	268	290
30-34	310	164	146
35-39	163	114	49
40-49	203	139	64
50-64	103	70	33
Over 65	54	18	36

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of Kentucky, 4,064 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,547 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,115 students lived in Kentucky or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,949 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	31,547	4,064	9,547
Undergraduate	22,735	1,018	8,482
Graduate	8,812	3,046	1,065

Online Student Population by Locality
	Kentucky Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,115	1,895	54
Undergraduate	889	127	2
Graduate	1,226	1,768	52

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 22,735 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 925 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.07%.752 students have transferred in as full-time status and 173 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	20,038
Transfer-in Full-time	752
Regular Part-time	1,772
Transfer-in Part-time	173

Student Population at University of Kentucky

Student Population by Gender

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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