Enrollment Trends at KY State

The student population at Kentucky State University is 2,020 (1,793 undergraduate and 227 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 434 (27.36%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at KY State is 88.76% which is increased by 360 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 74 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 81 male students for every 100 female students, up from 72 in 2015.
751 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 279.29% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,920 where 2,020 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,290 students in 2021 and was lowest at 1,586 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,586 to 2,020 students, a net gain of 434 (27.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Kentucky State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,586	1,433	594	839	153	70	83
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	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
2023-24	1,689 -37	1,546 -64	651 -10	895 -54	143 27	65 7	78 20
2024-25	2,020 331	1,793 247	798 147	995 100	227 84	104 39	123 45
Average	1,920	1,768	731	1,037	152	72	80

Kentucky State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,768 where 1,793 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kentucky State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,546	1,208	488	720	338	163	175
2024-25	1,793	1,205	505	700	588	293	295
Average	1,768	1,768	499	686	1,768	233	351

Kentucky State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 152 where 227 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kentucky State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	143	81	50	31	62	15	47
2024-25	227	137	76	61	90	28	62
Average	152	152	44	39	152	28	41

Kentucky State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 5.99% and the percentage of black students is 54.26% at Kentucky State University. 0.30% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 1.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 31.84% to 5.99%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.95% to 0.30%. Black student enrollment increased from 51.20% to 54.26%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 2.96% to 1.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7009 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6350 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kentucky State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	5	7	1,134	24	1	148	54
2024-25	3	6	1,096	32	1	121	59
Average	5	14	1,060	42	2	257	56

Kentucky State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

751 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has increased 279.29% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kentucky State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	1,689	169	980	540
2024-25	2,020	751	798	471
Average	1,920	428	836	656

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Enrollment Trends at KY State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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