A total of 292,658 students are enrolled in Kentucky colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By race, there are 633 native american or Alaska native students (0.22%), 8,446 asian students (2.89%), 27,495 african-american students (9.39%), 17,222 hispanic students (5.88%), 320 native hawaiian or other pacific islander students (0.11%), and 200,217 white students (68.41%).
For Kentucky colleges, Appalachian Beauty School has the highest rate of white students (0.00% and Kentucky State University has the lowest rate of white students (0.06%.
For Afraican-american students, Empire Beauty School-Dixie has the highest rate of black students (0.71% and Galen College of Nursing-ARH has the lowest rate of black students (0.01% among Kentucky colleges.
For Asian students, Ideal Beauty Academy has the highest rate of asian students (0.50% and Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College has the lowest rate of asian students (0.00% among Kentucky colleges.
In Kentucky 4-year colleges and universites, there are 6,754 asian students (3.30%), 18,952 african-american students (9.27%), 10,767 hispanic students (5.26%), and 136,080 white students (66.54%).
In Kentucky community colleges, there are 8,086 african-american students (9.44%), 6,349 hispanic students (7.41%), and 62,507 white students (72.94%).
In Kentucky trade schools, there are 457 african-american students (18.60%), 106 hispanic students (4.31%), and 1,630 white students (66.34%).
| School Level | Total Enrollment | American Indian / Native American | Asian | African-American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander | White | Two or More Race | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 292,658 | 633 (0.22%) |
8,446 (2.89%) |
27,495 (9.39%) |
17,222 (5.88%) |
320 (0.11%) |
200,217 (68.41%) |
10,700 (3.66%) |
11,611 (3.97%) |
| 4-year Colleges | 204,508 | 435 (0.21%) |
6,754 (3.30%) |
18,952 (9.27%) |
10,767 (5.26%) |
207 (0.10%) |
136,080 (66.54%) |
6,993 (3.42%) |
8,323 (4.07%) |
| Community Colleges | 85,693 | 195 (0.23%) |
1,664 (1.94%) |
8,086 (9.44%) |
6,349 (7.41%) |
107 (0.12%) |
62,507 (72.94%) |
3,608 (4.21%) |
3,160 (3.69%) |
| Trade Schools | 2,457 | 3 (0.12%) |
28 (1.14%) |
457 (18.60%) |
106 (4.31%) |
6 (0.24%) |
1,630 (66.34%) |
99 (4.03%) |
128 (5.21%) |
The following table compares student population by race between Kentucky colleges. A total of 292,658 students have enrolled in Kentucky colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | American Indian / Native American | Asian | African-American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander | White | Two or More Race | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Lloyd CollegePrivate, 4-year | 589 | 1 (0.2%) |
1 (0.2%) |
20 (3.4%) |
11 (1.9%) |
1 (0.2%) |
540 (91.7%) |
12 (2.0%) |
- |
| Asbury UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,100 | 6 (0.3%) |
39 (1.9%) |
89 (4.2%) |
141 (6.7%) |
- | 1,609 (76.6%) |
58 (2.8%) |
50 (2.4%) |
| Asbury Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 1,689 | 9 (0.5%) |
81 (4.8%) |
131 (7.8%) |
209 (12.4%) |
- | 859 (50.9%) |
68 (4.0%) |
46 (2.7%) |
| Ashland Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,552 | 3 (0.1%) |
9 (0.4%) |
51 (2.0%) |
53 (2.1%) |
2 (0.1%) |
2,308 (90.4%) |
78 (3.1%) |
48 (1.9%) |
| Bellarmine UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,886 | 6 (0.2%) |
95 (3.3%) |
305 (10.6%) |
241 (8.4%) |
3 (0.1%) |
1,993 (69.1%) |
134 (4.6%) |
36 (1.2%) |
| Berea CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,527 | - | 56 (3.7%) |
297 (19.4%) |
266 (17.4%) |
2 (0.1%) |
642 (42.0%) |
113 (7.4%) |
10 (0.7%) |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling GreenPrivate, Less than 2-year | 219 | 1 (0.5%) |
14 (6.4%) |
28 (12.8%) |
13 (5.9%) |
3 (1.4%) |
142 (64.8%) |
18 (8.2%) |
- |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,825 | 18 (0.3%) |
216 (3.7%) |
505 (8.7%) |
520 (8.9%) |
13 (0.2%) |
4,168 (71.6%) |
258 (4.4%) |
126 (2.2%) |
| Brescia UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 690 | 5 (0.7%) |
16 (2.3%) |
76 (11.0%) |
36 (5.2%) |
- | 383 (55.5%) |
2 (0.3%) |
129 (18.7%) |
| Campbellsville UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 10,836 | 11 (0.1%) |
159 (1.5%) |
701 (6.5%) |
489 (4.5%) |
5 (0.0%) |
5,908 (54.5%) |
231 (2.1%) |
282 (2.6%) |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 12,965 | 15 (0.1%) |
432 (3.3%) |
1,608 (12.4%) |
1,404 (10.8%) |
9 (0.1%) |
8,308 (64.1%) |
621 (4.8%) |
562 (4.3%) |
| Centre CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,404 | 4 (0.3%) |
68 (4.8%) |
90 (6.4%) |
103 (7.3%) |
1 (0.1%) |
1,013 (72.2%) |
56 (4.0%) |
12 (0.9%) |
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year | 183 | - | 1 (0.5%) |
5 (2.7%) |
- | - | 170 (92.9%) |
6 (3.3%) |
1 (0.5%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-LexingtonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 189 | - | 2 (1.1%) |
27 (14.3%) |
16 (8.5%) |
1 (0.5%) |
141 (74.6%) |
2 (1.1%) |
- |
| Galen College of Nursing-LouisvillePrivate, 4-year | 5,585 | 29 (0.5%) |
188 (3.4%) |
749 (13.4%) |
366 (6.6%) |
20 (0.4%) |
2,781 (49.8%) |
54 (1.0%) |
1,398 (25.0%) |
| University of the CumberlandsPrivate, 4-year | 22,120 | 35 (0.2%) |
1,361 (6.2%) |
1,394 (6.3%) |
712 (3.2%) |
26 (0.1%) |
12,454 (56.3%) |
27 (0.1%) |
1,495 (6.8%) |
| Eastern Kentucky UniversityPublic, 4-year | 15,673 | 33 (0.2%) |
189 (1.2%) |
1,051 (6.7%) |
852 (5.4%) |
14 (0.1%) |
12,461 (79.5%) |
782 (5.0%) |
142 (0.9%) |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,420 | 12 (0.2%) |
73 (1.1%) |
449 (7.0%) |
426 (6.6%) |
14 (0.2%) |
5,003 (77.9%) |
372 (5.8%) |
70 (1.1%) |
| Frontier Nursing UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,664 | 14 (0.5%) |
91 (3.4%) |
527 (19.8%) |
71 (2.7%) |
4 (0.2%) |
1,731 (65.0%) |
138 (5.2%) |
88 (3.3%) |
| Georgetown CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,345 | 2 (0.1%) |
11 (0.8%) |
115 (8.6%) |
77 (5.7%) |
- | 1,015 (75.5%) |
47 (3.5%) |
21 (1.6%) |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-GlasgowPrivate, Less than 2-year | 44 | - | - | 3 (6.8%) |
- | - | 37 (84.1%) |
4 (9.1%) |
- |
| Hazard Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,134 | 12 (0.4%) |
9 (0.3%) |
54 (1.7%) |
34 (1.1%) |
- | 2,942 (93.9%) |
36 (1.1%) |
47 (1.5%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-LouisvillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 233 | 1 (0.4%) |
3 (1.3%) |
41 (17.6%) |
18 (7.7%) |
- | 167 (71.7%) |
3 (1.3%) |
- |
| Henderson Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,944 | 2 (0.1%) |
12 (0.6%) |
170 (8.7%) |
136 (7.0%) |
4 (0.2%) |
1,460 (75.1%) |
143 (7.4%) |
17 (0.9%) |
| Hopkinsville Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,211 | 9 (0.4%) |
34 (1.5%) |
485 (21.9%) |
259 (11.7%) |
4 (0.2%) |
1,255 (56.8%) |
128 (5.8%) |
37 (1.7%) |
| Jefferson Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 13,429 | 20 (0.1%) |
522 (3.9%) |
2,621 (19.5%) |
1,796 (13.4%) |
19 (0.1%) |
6,738 (50.2%) |
645 (4.8%) |
1,063 (7.9%) |
| Summit Salon Academy-LexingtonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 154 | - | - | 13 (8.4%) |
6 (3.9%) |
- | 126 (81.8%) |
9 (5.8%) |
- |
| American National University-LouisvillePrivate, 4-year | 444 | 4 (0.9%) |
53 (11.9%) |
114 (25.7%) |
38 (8.6%) |
2 (0.5%) |
211 (47.5%) |
19 (4.3%) |
2 (0.5%) |
| Kentucky Mountain Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year | 94 | 1 (1.1%) |
- | 2 (2.1%) |
2 (2.1%) |
- | 84 (89.4%) |
- | - |
| Kentucky State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 2,020 | 3 (0.1%) |
6 (0.3%) |
1,096 (54.3%) |
32 (1.6%) |
1 (0.0%) |
121 (6.0%) |
59 (2.9%) |
602 (29.8%) |
| Kentucky Wesleyan CollegePrivate, 4-year | 887 | 5 (0.6%) |
22 (2.5%) |
134 (15.1%) |
27 (3.0%) |
- | 516 (58.2%) |
10 (1.1%) |
124 (14.0%) |
| University of KentuckyPublic, 4-year | 34,709 | 70 (0.2%) |
1,295 (3.7%) |
2,387 (6.9%) |
2,236 (6.4%) |
28 (0.1%) |
25,632 (73.8%) |
1,384 (4.0%) |
452 (1.3%) |
| Kentucky Christian UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 550 | 2 (0.4%) |
- | 78 (14.2%) |
38 (6.9%) |
- | 321 (58.4%) |
30 (5.5%) |
67 (12.2%) |
| Lexington Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 82 | - | - | 13 (15.9%) |
8 (9.8%) |
- | 61 (74.4%) |
- | - |
| Lindsey Wilson UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,193 | 13 (0.3%) |
35 (0.8%) |
255 (6.1%) |
2 (0.0%) |
4 (0.1%) |
1,507 (35.9%) |
104 (2.5%) |
246 (5.9%) |
| University of LouisvillePublic, 4-year | 23,065 | 27 (0.1%) |
1,391 (6.0%) |
3,522 (15.3%) |
1,865 (8.1%) |
20 (0.1%) |
13,830 (60.0%) |
1,285 (5.6%) |
240 (1.0%) |
| Louisville Presbyterian Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 103 | - | 4 (3.9%) |
26 (25.2%) |
3 (2.9%) |
- | 63 (61.2%) |
2 (1.9%) |
- |
| Madisonville Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,569 | 9 (0.3%) |
17 (0.5%) |
220 (6.2%) |
125 (3.5%) |
4 (0.1%) |
2,926 (82.0%) |
125 (3.5%) |
143 (4.0%) |
| Maysville Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,434 | 12 (0.3%) |
17 (0.4%) |
171 (3.9%) |
195 (4.4%) |
5 (0.1%) |
3,819 (86.1%) |
156 (3.5%) |
59 (1.3%) |
| Midway UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,003 | 8 (0.4%) |
17 (0.8%) |
174 (8.7%) |
98 (4.9%) |
1 (0.0%) |
1,057 (52.8%) |
60 (3.0%) |
512 (25.6%) |
| Morehead State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 8,791 | 18 (0.2%) |
81 (0.9%) |
275 (3.1%) |
324 (3.7%) |
8 (0.1%) |
7,009 (79.7%) |
328 (3.7%) |
613 (7.0%) |
| Murray State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 10,020 | 12 (0.1%) |
83 (0.8%) |
574 (5.7%) |
342 (3.4%) |
2 (0.0%) |
7,468 (74.5%) |
329 (3.3%) |
357 (3.6%) |
| Gateway Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,320 | 10 (0.2%) |
71 (1.3%) |
476 (8.9%) |
374 (7.0%) |
20 (0.4%) |
4,037 (75.9%) |
295 (5.5%) |
36 (0.7%) |
| Northern Kentucky UniversityPublic, 4-year | 15,347 | 18 (0.1%) |
353 (2.3%) |
1,504 (9.8%) |
671 (4.4%) |
8 (0.1%) |
11,428 (74.5%) |
524 (3.4%) |
395 (2.6%) |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,274 | 14 (0.3%) |
52 (1.0%) |
415 (7.9%) |
315 (6.0%) |
4 (0.1%) |
3,874 (73.5%) |
222 (4.2%) |
378 (7.2%) |
| University of PikevillePrivate, 4-year | 2,547 | 18 (0.7%) |
181 (7.1%) |
124 (4.9%) |
39 (1.5%) |
11 (0.4%) |
2,063 (81.0%) |
31 (1.2%) |
- |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,618 | 9 (0.3%) |
14 (0.5%) |
19 (0.7%) |
33 (1.3%) |
- | 2,408 (92.0%) |
49 (1.9%) |
86 (3.3%) |
| Empire Beauty School-ChenowethPrivate, Less than 2-year | 100 | - | 2 (2.0%) |
37 (37.0%) |
4 (4.0%) |
- | 42 (42.0%) |
3 (3.0%) |
12 (12.0%) |
| Empire Beauty School-ElizabethtownPrivate, Less than 2-year | 171 | - | - | 31 (18.1%) |
4 (2.3%) |
- | 113 (66.1%) |
7 (4.1%) |
16 (9.4%) |
| Empire Beauty School-DixiePrivate, Less than 2-year | 119 | - | 1 (0.8%) |
85 (71.4%) |
4 (3.4%) |
- | 19 (16.0%) |
3 (2.5%) |
7 (5.9%) |
| Empire Beauty School-FlorencePrivate, Less than 2-year | 124 | - | - | 4 (3.2%) |
4 (3.2%) |
1 (0.8%) |
106 (85.5%) |
6 (4.8%) |
3 (2.4%) |
| Somerset Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,155 | 15 (0.2%) |
50 (0.8%) |
78 (1.3%) |
279 (4.5%) |
1 (0.0%) |
5,520 (89.7%) |
176 (2.9%) |
33 (0.5%) |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,371 | 21 (0.6%) |
5 (0.1%) |
56 (1.7%) |
39 (1.2%) |
4 (0.1%) |
3,076 (91.2%) |
62 (1.8%) |
108 (3.2%) |
| The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 4,298 | 7 (0.2%) |
168 (3.9%) |
121 (2.8%) |
37 (0.9%) |
3 (0.1%) |
3,297 (76.7%) |
- | 16 (0.4%) |
| Spalding UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,553 | 1 (0.1%) |
43 (2.8%) |
292 (18.8%) |
84 (5.4%) |
7 (0.5%) |
906 (58.3%) |
23 (1.5%) |
184 (11.8%) |
| Sullivan UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,498 | 15 (0.6%) |
50 (2.0%) |
635 (25.4%) |
108 (4.3%) |
3 (0.1%) |
1,146 (45.9%) |
169 (6.8%) |
353 (14.1%) |
| Thomas More UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,350 | 4 (0.2%) |
34 (1.4%) |
154 (6.6%) |
126 (5.4%) |
8 (0.3%) |
1,725 (73.4%) |
103 (4.4%) |
18 (0.8%) |
| Transylvania UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,006 | - | 22 (2.2%) |
51 (5.1%) |
51 (5.1%) |
- | 809 (80.4%) |
61 (6.1%) |
7 (0.7%) |
| Union Commonwealth UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,324 | 10 (0.8%) |
6 (0.5%) |
143 (10.8%) |
33 (2.5%) |
7 (0.5%) |
503 (38.0%) |
42 (3.2%) |
83 (6.3%) |
| Western Kentucky UniversityPublic, 4-year | 16,291 | 41 (0.3%) |
549 (3.4%) |
1,395 (8.6%) |
1,015 (6.2%) |
17 (0.1%) |
12,231 (75.1%) |
689 (4.2%) |
204 (1.3%) |
| Appalachian Beauty SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | 49 (100.0%) |
- | - |
| Beckfield College-FlorencePrivate, 4-year | 536 | 3 (0.6%) |
4 (0.7%) |
91 (17.0%) |
8 (1.5%) |
1 (0.2%) |
411 (76.7%) |
12 (2.2%) |
4 (0.7%) |
| Owensboro Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,875 | 11 (0.2%) |
124 (2.5%) |
219 (4.5%) |
279 (5.7%) |
2 (0.0%) |
3,816 (78.3%) |
198 (4.1%) |
226 (4.6%) |
| Allure Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 (100.0%) |
- | - |
| Interactive College of Technology-NewportPrivate, 2-4 year | 101 | - | - | 55 (54.5%) |
6 (5.9%) |
- | 40 (39.6%) |
- | - |
| Ross College-HopkinsvillePrivate, 2-4 year | 90 | - | - | 42 (46.7%) |
10 (11.1%) |
- | 33 (36.7%) |
3 (3.3%) |
2 (2.2%) |
| Brighton Center's Center for Employment TrainingPrivate, Less than 2-year | 53 | - | - | 22 (41.5%) |
1 (1.9%) |
- | 26 (49.1%) |
3 (5.7%) |
1 (1.9%) |
| Employment Solutions-College for Technical EducationPrivate, Less than 2-year | 203 | 1 (0.5%) |
- | 52 (25.6%) |
5 (2.5%) |
- | 66 (32.5%) |
4 (2.0%) |
75 (36.9%) |
| ATA CollegePrivate, 2-4 year | 363 | - | 3 (0.8%) |
188 (51.8%) |
10 (2.8%) |
- | 100 (27.5%) |
19 (5.2%) |
43 (11.8%) |
| Lexington Healing Arts AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 78 | - | - | 10 (12.8%) |
6 (7.7%) |
- | 51 (65.4%) |
6 (7.7%) |
5 (6.4%) |
| Lindsey Institute of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 56 | - | - | 1 (1.8%) |
3 (5.4%) |
- | 52 (92.9%) |
- | - |
| Simmons College of KentuckyPrivate, 4-year | 506 | - | 1 (0.2%) |
242 (47.8%) |
6 (1.2%) |
- | 122 (24.1%) |
1 (0.2%) |
134 (26.5%) |
| Ideal Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 2 | - | 1 (50.0%) |
- | - | - | 1 (50.0%) |
- | - |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling GreenPrivate, Less than 2-year | 57 | - | - | 23 (40.4%) |
4 (7.0%) |
- | 22 (38.6%) |
6 (10.5%) |
2 (3.5%) |
| Ross Medical Education Center-ErlangerPrivate, Less than 2-year | 77 | - | 1 (1.3%) |
17 (22.1%) |
3 (3.9%) |
- | 44 (57.1%) |
8 (10.4%) |
4 (5.2%) |
| MedQuest CollegePrivate, 2-4 year | 524 | 3 (0.6%) |
3 (0.6%) |
200 (38.2%) |
53 (10.1%) |
2 (0.4%) |
243 (46.4%) |
20 (3.8%) |
- |
| Ross Medical Education Center-OwensboroPrivate, Less than 2-year | 38 | - | - | 7 (18.4%) |
2 (5.3%) |
- | 24 (63.2%) |
4 (10.5%) |
1 (2.6%) |
| American College of BarberingPrivate, Less than 2-year | 84 | - | 3 (3.6%) |
32 (38.1%) |
6 (7.1%) |
- | 41 (48.8%) |
2 (2.4%) |
- |
| Kentucky Horseshoeing SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 31 | - | - | 1 (3.2%) |
2 (6.5%) |
- | 28 (90.3%) |
- | - |
| Regina Webb AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 21 (91.3%) |
1 (4.3%) |
1 (4.3%) |
| Medical Career & Technical CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 235 | - | 1 (0.4%) |
23 (9.8%) |
5 (2.1%) |
1 (0.4%) |
197 (83.8%) |
7 (3.0%) |
1 (0.4%) |
| Galen College of Nursing-ARHPrivate, 2-4 year | 350 | - | 1 (0.3%) |
2 (0.6%) |
2 (0.6%) |
- | 295 (84.3%) |
1 (0.3%) |
49 (14.0%) |
| South Eastern Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | 45 (100.0%) |
- | - |
| Edge Academy of BeautyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | 53 (94.6%) |
3 (5.4%) |
- |
| Galen Health Institutes-PikevillePrivate, 2-4 year | 169 | - | - | 2 (1.2%) |
1 (0.6%) |
- | 138 (81.7%) |
1 (0.6%) |
27 (16.0%) |