Enrollment Trends at KY State

The student population at Kentucky State University is 1,726 (1,610 undergraduate and 116 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 807 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at KY State is 93.28% which is decreased by 760 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 47 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.40 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

494 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 119.56% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,992 where 1,726 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

93.28% of total students is undergraduate students and 6.72% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 760 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 47 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.40 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in KY State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Kentucky State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,533	2,370	963	1,407	163	77	86
2014-15	1,895 -638	1,754 -616	679 -284	1,075 -332	141 -22	68 -9	73 -13
2015-16	1,586 -309	1,433 -321	594 -85	839 -236	153 12	70 2	83 10
2016-17	1,736 150	1,568 135	612 18	956 117	168 15	76 6	92 9
2017-18	1,926 190	1,757 189	709 97	1,048 92	169 1	81 5	88 -4
2018-19	1,778 -148	1,663 -94	674 -35	989 -59	115 -54	54 -27	61 -27
2019-20	2,171 393	2,029 366	875 201	1,154 165	142 27	65 11	77 16
2020-21	2,290 119	2,148 119	880 5	1,268 114	142 0	70 5	72 -5
2021-22	2,279 -11	2,135 -13	860 -20	1,275 7	144 2	78 8	66 -6
2022-23	1,726 -553	1,610 -525	661 -199	949 -326	116 -28	58 -20	58 -8
Average	1,992	1,847	751	1,096	145	70	76

Kentucky State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,847 where 1,610 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kentucky State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,370	1,813	747	1,066	557	216	341
2014-15	1,754	1,397	552	845	357	127	230
2015-16	1,433	1,100	460	640	333	134	199
2016-17	1,568	1,049	449	600	519	163	356
2017-18	1,757	1,122	500	622	635	209	426
2018-19	1,663	1,069	475	594	594	199	395
2019-20	2,029	1,156	524	632	873	351	522
2020-21	2,148	1,393	582	811	755	298	457
2021-22	2,135	1,339	538	801	796	322	474
2022-23	1,610	1,204	468	736	406	193	213
Average	1,847	1,847	530	735	1,847	221	361

Kentucky State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 145 where 116 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kentucky State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	163	74	40	34	89	37	52
2014-15	141	54	27	27	87	41	46
2015-16	153	92	44	48	61	26	35
2016-17	168	94	50	44	74	26	48
2017-18	169	97	52	45	72	29	43
2018-19	115	60	33	27	55	21	34
2019-20	142	71	30	41	71	35	36
2020-21	142	73	37	36	69	33	36
2021-22	144	75	39	36	69	39	30
2022-23	116	54	30	24	62	28	34
Average	145	145	38	36	145	32	39

Kentucky State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 7.18% and the percentage of black students is 66.28% at Kentucky State University. 0.52% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kentucky State University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	6	22	1,412	37	7	667	51
2014-15	3	10	1,007	33	4	551	40
2015-16	4	15	812	47	3	505	37
2016-17	7	20	804	36	0	432	39
2017-18	7	26	918	36	0	374	54
2018-19	2	21	815	49	12	264	55
2019-20	5	16	1,108	49	1	235	59
2020-21	4	12	1,350	72	2	200	72
2021-22	7	12	1,420	47	1	163	72
2022-23	6	9	1,144	30	0	124	61
Average	5	16	1,079	44	3	352	54

Kentucky State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

494 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 119.56% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kentucky State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,895	225	692	978
2015-16	1,586	198	635	753
2016-17	1,736	335	660	741
2017-18	1,926	387	642	897
2018-19	1,778	94	606	1,078
2019-20	2,171	563	721	887
2020-21	2,290	555	1,069	666
2021-22	2,279	733	1,197	349
2022-23	1,726	494	1,055	177
Average	1,932	398	809	725

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