81.86% of Applicants Accepted to Kentucky Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of Kentucky colleges is 81.86% and the admission yield is 24.64%. A total of 117,891 applicants have applied to Kentuckycolleges (four-years) and 96,501 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 23,778 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For Kentucky college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 11,151 (10.45%) compared to last year, from 106,740 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 1,495, which is more than 6.71% last year.

Kentucky colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 1.05% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Kentucky colleges. The yield decreased by 0.54%.

Among Kentucky colleges, Berea College has the lowest acceptance rate of 24.58% with 545 accepted students out of 2,217 applicants. University of Kentucky has the most number of applicants of 22,109 and University of Kentucky has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 6,061.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Kentucky Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Kentucky. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Kentucky Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Alice Lloyd College	1,978 -141	1,945 1,186	187 -16	98.33% 62.51%	9.61% -17.14%
Asbury University	1,105 -21	870 -2	295 32	78.73% 1.29%	33.91% 3.75%
Bellarmine University	3,878 -350	3,404 -211	546 -47	87.78% 2.28%	16.04% -0.36%
Berea College	2,217 481	545 -28	353 15	24.58% -8.43%	64.77% 5.78%
Brescia University	1,936 -16	975 -62	102 -23	50.36% -2.77%	10.46% -1.59%
Centre College	2,724 157	1,712 -33	400 23	62.85% -5.13%	23.36% 1.76%
University of the Cumberlands	2,314 137	1,921 70	640 27	83.02% -2.01%	33.32% 0.20%
Eastern Kentucky University	15,821 8,570	10,174 3,043	2,737 244	64.31% -34.04%	26.90% -8.06%
Georgetown College	2,532 -232	1,811 -249	359 -122	71.52% -3.01%	19.82% -3.53%
Kentucky Mountain Bible College	60 4	27	18 4	45.00% -3.21%	66.67% 14.82%
Kentucky State University	2,870 -1,104	2,626 35	369 -115	91.50% 26.30%	14.05% -4.63%
Kentucky Wesleyan College	1,434 73	983 68	220 16	68.55% 1.32%	22.38% 0.08%
University of Kentucky	22,109 414	20,979 583	6,061 1,340	94.89% 0.88%	28.89% 5.74%
Kentucky Christian University	606 -533	269 -388	114 -88	44.39% -13.29%	42.38% 11.63%
University of Louisville	15,462 7	12,608 1,064	2,931 236	81.54% 6.85%	23.25% -0.10%
Midway University	1,057 55	991 212	239 2	93.76% 16.02%	24.12% -6.30%
Morehead State University	7,911 989	6,643 425	1,199 15	83.97% -5.86%	18.05% -0.99%
Murray State University	10,251 1,107	8,609 822	1,366 -29	83.98% -1.18%	15.87% -2.04%
Northern Kentucky University	6,905 268	5,939 610	1,638 -52	86.01% 5.72%	27.58% -4.13%
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary	368 13	321 36	187 -6	87.23% 6.95%	58.26% -9.46%
Spalding University	720 25	703 79	132 28	97.64% 7.86%	18.78% 2.11%
Thomas More University	2,919 228	2,751 156	388 -3	94.24% -2.19%	14.10% -0.97%
Transylvania University	1,781 150	1,617 117	281 -8	90.79% -1.18%	17.38% -1.89%
Union College	1,142 419	610 202	200 60	53.42% -3.01%	32.79% -1.52%
Western Kentucky University	7,505 250	7,276 131	2,755 -77	96.95% -1.53%	37.86% -1.78%
Simmons College of Kentucky	286 201	192 143	61 39	67.13% 9.48%	31.77% -13.13%

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