A total of 267,953 students are enrolled in Kentucky colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By gender, there are 108,986 men students and 158,967 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.69 to 1.
In 4-year colleges, 59.15% of total enrollment is women students and 40.85% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 58.94%.
For Kentucky colleges with more than 1,000 students, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has the highest ratio of men students (77.33%) and Frontier Nursing University has the highest ratio of women students (93.88%).
By gender, 40.67% of total students is men students (108,986) and 59.33% is women students (158,967) in Kentucky collegs.
In 38 4-year Kentucky colleges in United States, there are 77,948 men students which is 40.85% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year Kentucky colleges is 59.15% (112,859).
Of the 75,210 students attending Kentucky community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 41.06% are men (44,331) and 58.94% are women students (44,331).
In Kentucky trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 159 men and 1,777 women students, accounting for 8.21% and 91.79% of total students.
| School Level | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 267,953 | 108,986 (40.67%) |
158,967 (59.33%) |
| 4-year Colleges | 190,807 | 77,948 (40.85%) |
112,859 (59.15%) |
| Community Colleges | 75,210 | 30,879 (41.06%) |
44,331 (58.94%) |
| Trade Schools | 1,936 | 159 (8.21%) |
1,777 (91.79%) |
The following table compares student population by gender and school level between Kentucky colleges. A total of 267,953 students have enrolled in Kentucky colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Undergraduate | Graduate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Alice Lloyd CollegePrivate, 4-year | 565 | 296 (52.4%) |
269 (47.6%) |
565 | 296 (52.4%) |
269 (47.6%) | - | - | - |
| Asbury UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,650 | 650 (39.4%) |
1,000 (60.6%) |
1,404 | 557 (39.7%) |
847 (60.3%) | 246 | 93 (37.8%) |
153 (62.2%) |
| Asbury Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 1,747 | 1,021 (58.4%) |
726 (41.6%) |
- | - | - | 1,747 | 1,021 (58.4%) |
726 (41.6%) |
| Ashland Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,515 | 998 (39.7%) |
1,517 (60.3%) |
2,515 | 998 (39.7%) |
1,517 (60.3%) | - | - | - |
| Bellarmine UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,970 | 1,107 (37.3%) |
1,863 (62.7%) |
2,343 | 899 (38.4%) |
1,444 (61.6%) | 627 | 208 (33.2%) |
419 (66.8%) |
| Berea CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,433 | 582 (40.6%) |
851 (59.4%) |
1,433 | 582 (40.6%) |
851 (59.4%) | - | - | - |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling GreenPrivate, Less than 2-year | 279 | 4 (1.4%) |
275 (98.6%) |
279 | 4 (1.4%) |
275 (98.6%) | - | - | - |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,732 | 1,885 (39.8%) |
2,847 (60.2%) |
4,732 | 1,885 (39.8%) |
2,847 (60.2%) | - | - | - |
| Brescia UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 646 | 226 (35.0%) |
420 (65.0%) |
551 | 212 (38.5%) |
339 (61.5%) | 95 | 14 (14.7%) |
81 (85.3%) |
| Campbellsville UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 11,775 | 5,665 (48.1%) |
6,110 (51.9%) |
6,411 | 2,573 (40.1%) |
3,838 (59.9%) | 5,364 | 3,092 (57.6%) |
2,272 (42.4%) |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 10,318 | 4,200 (40.7%) |
6,118 (59.3%) |
10,318 | 4,200 (40.7%) |
6,118 (59.3%) | - | - | - |
| Centre CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,357 | 655 (48.3%) |
702 (51.7%) |
1,357 | 655 (48.3%) |
702 (51.7%) | - | - | - |
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year | 147 | 127 (86.4%) |
20 (13.6%) |
133 | 114 (85.7%) |
19 (14.3%) | 14 | 13 (92.9%) |
1 (7.1%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-LexingtonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 172 | 12 (7.0%) |
160 (93.0%) |
172 | 12 (7.0%) |
160 (93.0%) | - | - | - |
| Galen College of Nursing-LouisvillePrivate, 4-year | 4,443 | 352 (7.9%) |
4,091 (92.1%) |
3,999 | 314 (7.9%) |
3,685 (92.1%) | 444 | 38 (8.6%) |
406 (91.4%) |
| University of the CumberlandsPrivate, 4-year | 18,053 | 8,231 (45.6%) |
9,822 (54.4%) |
5,174 | 1,765 (34.1%) |
3,409 (65.9%) | 12,879 | 6,466 (50.2%) |
6,413 (49.8%) |
| Eastern Kentucky UniversityPublic, 4-year | 14,324 | 5,588 (39.0%) |
8,736 (61.0%) |
12,072 | 4,914 (40.7%) |
7,158 (59.3%) | 2,252 | 674 (29.9%) |
1,578 (70.1%) |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,648 | 2,350 (41.6%) |
3,298 (58.4%) |
5,648 | 2,350 (41.6%) |
3,298 (58.4%) | - | - | - |
| Frontier Nursing UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,335 | 143 (6.1%) |
2,192 (93.9%) |
- | - | - | 2,335 | 143 (6.1%) |
2,192 (93.9%) |
| Georgetown CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,548 | 637 (41.1%) |
911 (58.9%) |
1,233 | 574 (46.6%) |
659 (53.4%) | 315 | 63 (20.0%) |
252 (80.0%) |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-GlasgowPrivate, Less than 2-year | 44 | 1 (2.3%) |
43 (97.7%) |
44 | 1 (2.3%) |
43 (97.7%) | - | - | - |
| Hazard Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,556 | 1,089 (42.6%) |
1,467 (57.4%) |
2,556 | 1,089 (42.6%) |
1,467 (57.4%) | - | - | - |
| Paul Mitchell the School-LouisvillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 193 | 5 (2.6%) |
188 (97.4%) |
193 | 5 (2.6%) |
188 (97.4%) | - | - | - |
| Henderson Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,506 | 410 (27.2%) |
1,096 (72.8%) |
1,506 | 410 (27.2%) |
1,096 (72.8%) | - | - | - |
| Hopkinsville Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,028 | 690 (34.0%) |
1,338 (66.0%) |
2,028 | 690 (34.0%) |
1,338 (66.0%) | - | - | - |
| Jefferson Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 12,053 | 5,236 (43.4%) |
6,817 (56.6%) |
12,053 | 5,236 (43.4%) |
6,817 (56.6%) | - | - | - |
| Summit Salon Academy-LexingtonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 96 | 2 (2.1%) |
94 (97.9%) |
96 | 2 (2.1%) |
94 (97.9%) | - | - | - |
| American National University-PikevillePrivate, 4-year | 296 | 46 (15.5%) |
250 (84.5%) |
237 | 20 (8.4%) |
217 (91.6%) | 59 | 26 (44.1%) |
33 (55.9%) |
| Kentucky Mountain Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year | 78 | 48 (61.5%) |
30 (38.5%) |
78 | 48 (61.5%) |
30 (38.5%) | - | - | - |
| Kentucky State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 1,726 | 719 (41.7%) |
1,007 (58.3%) |
1,610 | 661 (41.1%) |
949 (58.9%) | 116 | 58 (50.0%) |
58 (50.0%) |
| Kentucky Wesleyan CollegePrivate, 4-year | 813 | 418 (51.4%) |
395 (48.6%) |
813 | 418 (51.4%) |
395 (48.6%) | - | - | - |
| University of KentuckyPublic, 4-year | 31,547 | 12,723 (40.3%) |
18,824 (59.7%) |
22,735 | 9,583 (42.2%) |
13,152 (57.8%) | 8,812 | 3,140 (35.6%) |
5,672 (64.4%) |
| Kentucky Christian UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 629 | 388 (61.7%) |
241 (38.3%) |
577 | 367 (63.6%) |
210 (36.4%) | 52 | 21 (40.4%) |
31 (59.6%) |
| Lexington Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 90 | 44 (48.9%) |
46 (51.1%) |
- | - | - | 90 | 44 (48.9%) |
46 (51.1%) |
| Lindsey Wilson CollegePrivate, 4-year | 3,159 | 1,542 (48.8%) |
1,617 (51.2%) |
1,753 | 768 (43.8%) |
985 (56.2%) | 1,406 | 774 (55.0%) |
632 (45.0%) |
| University of LouisvillePublic, 4-year | 22,017 | 9,663 (43.9%) |
12,354 (56.1%) |
15,921 | 6,907 (43.4%) |
9,014 (56.6%) | 6,096 | 2,756 (45.2%) |
3,340 (54.8%) |
| Louisville Presbyterian Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 100 | 31 (31.0%) |
69 (69.0%) |
- | - | - | 100 | 31 (31.0%) |
69 (69.0%) |
| Madisonville Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,493 | 1,568 (44.9%) |
1,925 (55.1%) |
3,493 | 1,568 (44.9%) |
1,925 (55.1%) | - | - | - |
| Maysville Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,974 | 1,572 (39.6%) |
2,402 (60.4%) |
3,974 | 1,572 (39.6%) |
2,402 (60.4%) | - | - | - |
| Midway UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,441 | 536 (37.2%) |
905 (62.8%) |
1,203 | 454 (37.7%) |
749 (62.3%) | 238 | 82 (34.5%) |
156 (65.5%) |
| Morehead State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 8,807 | 3,409 (38.7%) |
5,398 (61.3%) |
8,215 | 3,170 (38.6%) |
5,045 (61.4%) | 592 | 239 (40.4%) |
353 (59.6%) |
| Murray State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,479 | 3,516 (37.1%) |
5,963 (62.9%) |
7,679 | 2,849 (37.1%) |
4,830 (62.9%) | 1,800 | 667 (37.1%) |
1,133 (62.9%) |
| Gateway Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,440 | 1,959 (44.1%) |
2,481 (55.9%) |
4,440 | 1,959 (44.1%) |
2,481 (55.9%) | - | - | - |
| Northern Kentucky UniversityPublic, 4-year | 15,801 | 5,729 (36.3%) |
10,072 (63.7%) |
10,776 | 4,361 (40.5%) |
6,415 (59.5%) | 5,025 | 1,368 (27.2%) |
3,657 (72.8%) |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,309 | 2,313 (43.6%) |
2,996 (56.4%) |
5,309 | 2,313 (43.6%) |
2,996 (56.4%) | - | - | - |
| University of PikevillePrivate, 4-year | 2,434 | 1,069 (43.9%) |
1,365 (56.1%) |
1,491 | 656 (44.0%) |
835 (56.0%) | 943 | 413 (43.8%) |
530 (56.2%) |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,576 | 1,091 (42.4%) |
1,485 (57.6%) |
2,576 | 1,091 (42.4%) |
1,485 (57.6%) | - | - | - |
| Empire Beauty School-ChenowethPrivate, Less than 2-year | 89 | 2 (2.2%) |
87 (97.8%) |
89 | 2 (2.2%) |
87 (97.8%) | - | - | - |
| Empire Beauty School-ElizabethtownPrivate, Less than 2-year | 106 | 3 (2.8%) |
103 (97.2%) |
106 | 3 (2.8%) |
103 (97.2%) | - | - | - |
| Empire Beauty School-DixiePrivate, Less than 2-year | 78 | 2 (2.6%) |
76 (97.4%) |
78 | 2 (2.6%) |
76 (97.4%) | - | - | - |
| Empire Beauty School-FlorencePrivate, Less than 2-year | 95 | - | 95 (100.0%) |
95 | - | 95 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Somerset Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,529 | 2,213 (40.0%) |
3,316 (60.0%) |
5,529 | 2,213 (40.0%) |
3,316 (60.0%) | - | - | - |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,625 | 1,022 (38.9%) |
1,603 (61.1%) |
2,625 | 1,022 (38.9%) |
1,603 (61.1%) | - | - | - |
| The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 4,266 | 3,299 (77.3%) |
967 (22.7%) |
1,018 | 542 (53.2%) |
476 (46.8%) | 3,248 | 2,757 (84.9%) |
491 (15.1%) |
| Spalding UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,532 | 441 (28.8%) |
1,091 (71.2%) |
767 | 281 (36.6%) |
486 (63.4%) | 765 | 160 (20.9%) |
605 (79.1%) |
| Sullivan UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,309 | 769 (33.3%) |
1,540 (66.7%) |
1,844 | 604 (32.8%) |
1,240 (67.2%) | 465 | 165 (35.5%) |
300 (64.5%) |
| Thomas More UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,958 | 944 (48.2%) |
1,014 (51.8%) |
1,829 | 888 (48.6%) |
941 (51.4%) | 129 | 56 (43.4%) |
73 (56.6%) |
| Transylvania UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 979 | 430 (43.9%) |
549 (56.1%) |
979 | 430 (43.9%) |
549 (56.1%) | - | - | - |
| Union CollegePrivate, 4-year | 970 | 550 (56.7%) |
420 (43.3%) |
724 | 435 (60.1%) |
289 (39.9%) | 246 | 115 (46.7%) |
131 (53.3%) |
| Western Kentucky UniversityPublic, 4-year | 16,493 | 6,183 (37.5%) |
10,310 (62.5%) |
14,440 | 5,490 (38.0%) |
8,950 (62.0%) | 2,053 | 693 (33.8%) |
1,360 (66.2%) |
| Appalachian Beauty SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 39 | - | 39 (100.0%) |
39 | - | 39 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Beckfield College-FlorencePrivate, 4-year | 653 | 47 (7.2%) |
606 (92.8%) |
653 | 47 (7.2%) |
606 (92.8%) | - | - | - |
| Owensboro Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,621 | 2,088 (45.2%) |
2,533 (54.8%) |
4,621 | 2,088 (45.2%) |
2,533 (54.8%) | - | - | - |
| Allure Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 25 | - | 25 (100.0%) |
25 | - | 25 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Interactive College of Technology-NewportPrivate, 2-4 year | 119 | 93 (78.2%) |
26 (21.8%) |
119 | 93 (78.2%) |
26 (21.8%) | - | - | - |
| Ross College-HopkinsvillePrivate, 2-4 year | 48 | 5 (10.4%) |
43 (89.6%) |
48 | 5 (10.4%) |
43 (89.6%) | - | - | - |
| Brighton Center's Center for Employment TrainingPrivate, Less than 2-year | 64 | 6 (9.4%) |
58 (90.6%) |
64 | 6 (9.4%) |
58 (90.6%) | - | - | - |
| Employment Solutions-College for Technical EducationPrivate, Less than 2-year | 128 | 30 (23.4%) |
98 (76.6%) |
128 | 30 (23.4%) |
98 (76.6%) | - | - | - |
| ATA CollegePrivate, 2-4 year | 264 | 12 (4.5%) |
252 (95.5%) |
264 | 12 (4.5%) |
252 (95.5%) | - | - | - |
| Lexington Healing Arts AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 87 | 17 (19.5%) |
70 (80.5%) |
87 | 17 (19.5%) |
70 (80.5%) | - | - | - |
| Lindsey Institute of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 60 | 1 (1.7%) |
59 (98.3%) |
60 | 1 (1.7%) |
59 (98.3%) | - | - | - |
| Simmons College of KentuckyPrivate, 4-year | 237 | 124 (52.3%) |
113 (47.7%) |
237 | 124 (52.3%) |
113 (47.7%) | - | - | - |
| Ideal Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 12 | 1 (8.3%) |
11 (91.7%) |
12 | 1 (8.3%) |
11 (91.7%) | - | - | - |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling GreenPrivate, Less than 2-year | 31 | - | 31 (100.0%) |
31 | - | 31 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Ross Medical Education Center-ErlangerPrivate, Less than 2-year | 52 | 2 (3.8%) |
50 (96.2%) |
52 | 2 (3.8%) |
50 (96.2%) | - | - | - |
| MedQuest CollegePrivate, 2-4 year | 360 | 22 (6.1%) |
338 (93.9%) |
360 | 22 (6.1%) |
338 (93.9%) | - | - | - |
| Ross Medical Education Center-OwensboroPrivate, Less than 2-year | 30 | 1 (3.3%) |
29 (96.7%) |
30 | 1 (3.3%) |
29 (96.7%) | - | - | - |
| American College of BarberingPrivate, Less than 2-year | 56 | 46 (82.1%) |
10 (17.9%) |
56 | 46 (82.1%) |
10 (17.9%) | - | - | - |
| Kentucky Horseshoeing SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 26 | 16 (61.5%) |
10 (38.5%) |
26 | 16 (61.5%) |
10 (38.5%) | - | - | - |
| Regina Webb AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 15 | 1 (6.7%) |
14 (93.3%) |
15 | 1 (6.7%) |
14 (93.3%) | - | - | - |
| Medical Career & Technical CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 93 | 4 (4.3%) |
89 (95.7%) |
93 | 4 (4.3%) |
89 (95.7%) | - | - | - |
| Galen College of Nursing-ARHPrivate, 2-4 year | 470 | 59 (12.6%) |
411 (87.4%) |
470 | 59 (12.6%) |
411 (87.4%) | - | - | - |
| South Eastern Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 19 | 1 (5.3%) |
18 (94.7%) |
19 | 1 (5.3%) |
18 (94.7%) | - | - | - |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology- LouisvillePrivate, Less than 2-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edge Academy of BeautyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 47 | 2 (4.3%) |
45 (95.7%) |
47 | 2 (4.3%) |
45 (95.7%) | - | - | - |
| Galen Health Institutes-PikevillePrivate, 2-4 year | 26 | 4 (15.4%) |
22 (84.6%) |
26 | 4 (15.4%) |
22 (84.6%) | - | - | - |
| American College of Barbering - FlorencePrivate, Less than 2-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |