Tightest Kentucky Public Colleges To Get In

The average acceptance rate of the 7 public Kentucky colleges that have competitive admission is 82.05% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 5.43%. The acceptance rate at 1 public Kentucky colleges increased and the rate of 6 colleges decreased.

Northern Kentucky University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 67.65%. Morehead State University (77.21%) and Eastern Kentucky University (77.61%) are following it in the list of Tightest Kentucky Public Colleges to Get In.

This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Northern Kentucky University ranked 1st, up 5 places from 6th last year. Morehead State University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $24,083 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,614 for the academic year 2024-2025.

We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.

Table. Tightest Kentucky Public Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 5	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KYPublic, 4-year	67.65% 28.38%	36.85%	1,040	$21,912 ($11,088)	15,347	52.00%	19 to 1
2 1	Morehead State University Morehead, KYPublic, 4-year	77.21% 4.91%	18.21%	-	$14,980 ($10,024)	8,791	52.00%	16 to 1
3 2	Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KYPublic, 4-year	77.61% 0.48%	19.94%	970	$21,230 ($10,320)	15,673	50.00%	17 to 1
4 2	University of Louisville Louisville, KYPublic, 4-year	79.41% 1.13%	25.08%	1,150	$29,482 ($13,136)	23,065	61.00%	14 to 1
5 1	Murray State University Murray, KYPublic, 4-year	85.68% 0.49%	17.39%	1,060	$19,836 ($9,900)	10,020	61.00%	17 to 1
6 1	University of Kentucky Lexington, KYPublic, 4-year	92.94% 0.56%	22.23%	1,180	$34,140 ($13,502)	34,709	71.00%	18 to 1
7 -	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KYPublic, 4-year	93.87% 3.18%	30.18%	930	$27,000 ($11,652)	16,291	56.00%	19 to 1
	Average	82.05%	24.27%	1,055	$24,083 ($11,375)	17,699	57.57%	17 to 1

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