Enrollment Trends for Kentucky Colleges

There are 38 active four-years colleges and universities in Kentucky - 8 public and 30 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 190,807 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Kentucky including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 9.09% from 174,903 to 190,807. The undergraduate population decreased by 3.71% and the graduate population increased by 55.92% in last 10 years at Kentucky Colleges.

By gender, there are 112,859 female students and 77,948 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.45 to 1. The female students increased by 13.82% and male students increased by 2.9% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 184,135, and 190,807 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 69.31% are undergraduate students and 30.69% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 5,095, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 20,999.

The female to male ratio is 1.45 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Kentucky Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Kentucky Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	174,903	137,349	60,076	77,273	37,554	15,673	21,881
2014-15	175,261 358	137,543 194	60,158 82	77,385 112	37,718 164	15,848 175	21,870 -11
2015-16	175,243 -18	136,709 -834	59,283 -875	77,426 41	38,534 816	16,116 268	22,418 548
2016-17	177,714 2,471	136,664 -45	58,601 -682	78,063 637	41,050 2,516	17,488 1,372	23,562 1,144
2017-18	183,095 5,381	137,406 742	58,392 -209	79,014 951	45,689 4,639	20,630 3,142	25,059 1,497
2018-19	188,425 5,330	135,241 -2,165	56,572 -1,820	78,669 -345	53,184 7,495	25,801 5,171	27,383 2,324
2019-20	191,075 2,650	134,164 -1,077	55,341 -1,231	78,823 154	56,911 3,727	27,666 1,865	29,245 1,862
2020-21	194,269 3,194	133,688 -476	53,978 -1,363	79,710 887	60,581 3,670	28,650 984	31,931 2,686
2021-22	190,556 -3,713	130,196 -3,492	51,662 -2,316	78,534 -1,176	60,360 -221	27,213 -1,437	33,147 1,216
2022-23	190,807 251	132,254 2,058	52,558 896	79,696 1,162	58,553 -1,807	25,390 -1,823	33,163 16
Average	184,135	135,121	56,662	78,459	49,013	22,048	26,966

Kentucky Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 135,121. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 5,095 from 137,349 to 132,254.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kentucky Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	137,349	108,040	48,456	59,584	29,309	11,620	17,689
2014-15	137,543	107,997	48,207	59,790	29,546	11,951	17,595
2015-16	136,709	107,310	47,534	59,776	29,399	11,749	17,650
2016-17	136,664	106,106	46,566	59,540	30,558	12,035	18,523
2017-18	137,406	104,402	45,256	59,146	33,004	13,136	19,868
2018-19	135,241	103,370	44,121	59,249	31,871	12,451	19,420
2019-20	134,164	102,076	42,921	59,155	32,088	12,420	19,668
2020-21	133,688	102,262	41,959	60,303	31,426	12,019	19,407
2021-22	130,196	98,937	40,302	58,635	31,259	11,360	19,899
2022-23	132,254	99,068	40,397	58,671	33,186	12,161	21,025
Average	135,121	135,121	44,572	59,385	135,121	12,090	19,074

Kentucky Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 49,013. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 20,999 from 37,554 to 58,553.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kentucky Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37,554	20,692	9,435	11,257	16,862	6,238	10,624
2014-15	37,718	20,886	9,596	11,290	16,832	6,252	10,580
2015-16	38,534	21,119	9,510	11,609	17,415	6,606	10,809
2016-17	41,050	22,126	9,844	12,282	18,924	7,644	11,280
2017-18	45,689	22,772	10,048	12,724	22,917	10,582	12,335
2018-19	53,184	28,813	14,349	14,464	24,371	11,452	12,919
2019-20	56,911	29,309	14,149	15,160	27,602	13,517	14,085
2020-21	60,581	29,891	13,796	16,095	30,690	14,854	15,836
2021-22	60,360	26,364	11,041	15,323	33,996	16,172	17,824
2022-23	58,553	29,567	12,577	16,990	28,986	12,813	16,173
Average	49,013	49,013	11,435	13,719	49,013	10,613	13,247

Kentucky Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.66%. The percentage was 77.61% 10 years ago and Kentucky Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 3.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.58% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kentucky Colleges over the past 10 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	443	3,044	15,601	4,057	158	135,742	3,730
2014-15	437	3,073	15,111	4,596	168	134,766	4,046
2015-16	452	3,131	14,483	5,086	182	133,999	4,467
2016-17	434	3,448	14,546	5,679	170	134,820	4,749
2017-18	425	3,629	14,528	5,963	164	134,253	5,181
2018-19	398	3,756	14,281	6,254	164	130,254	5,536
2019-20	379	4,163	14,677	6,744	154	127,384	5,799
2020-21	360	4,531	15,760	7,608	163	127,254	5,981
2021-22	375	4,957	16,024	8,105	674	124,149	5,742
2022-23	411	6,065	16,363	8,517	164	125,292	5,887
Average	411	3,980	15,137	6,261	216	130,791	5,112

Kentucky Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

49,768 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 138.26% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kentucky Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	175,644	20,888	27,126	127,630
2013-14	174,903	22,466	27,647	124,790
2014-15	175,261	23,585	29,384	122,292
2015-16	175,243	25,149	35,080	115,014
2016-17	177,714	28,219	35,240	114,255
2017-18	183,095	30,095	39,856	113,144
2018-19	188,425	33,684	47,295	107,446
2019-20	191,075	38,052	42,982	110,041
2020-21	194,264	52,622	93,641	48,001
2021-22	190,556	47,354	68,379	74,823
2022-23	190,807	49,768	63,232	77,807
Average	183,362	33,807	46,351	103,204

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