Top Colleges in Kentucky Student Population

A total of 121,142 students enroll in Top Colleges in Kentucky.

  • Gender Breakdown: of the total student body, 39.69% are male (48,076) and 60.31% are female (73,066). There are an average of 65.80 male students per 100 female students in Top Colleges in Kentucky. Centre College has the highest ratio of male students with 92.07 per 100 female students, while Murray State University has the lowest ratio of male students with 58.49 per 100 female students among Top Colleges in Kentucky.
  • Largest and Smallest: The average student population of Top Colleges in Kentucky is 12,114. University of Kentucky is the largest with 34,709 students, and Transylvania University is the smallest with 1,006 students among Top Colleges in Kentucky.
  • Student level: There are 93,959 undergraduate students in Top Colleges in Kentucky, 77.56% of the student body. Graduate students account for 22.44% of the total students. Of the Top Colleges in Kentucky, University of Kentucky has the largest undergraduate and graduate schools with 25,534 undergraduate and 9,175 graduate schools.
  • Distance Learning: There are an average of 14.78% undergraduate students enrolled online and 49.91% graduate students enrolled online in Top Colleges in Kentucky. Northern Kentucky University has the most online enrollment with 6,624 students, while Asbury University has the least with 662 students among Top Colleges in Kentucky.
Table. Top Colleges in Kentucky Student Population Comparison
RankSchoolTotalBy GenderBy LevelOnline Enrollment
MenWomenUndergraduateGraduateUndergraduateGraduate
1University of KentuckyLexington, KY34,70913,83320,87625,5349,1751,5083,555
2Centre CollegeDanville, KY1,4046737311,404---
3Berea CollegeBerea, KY1,5276298981,527---
4University of LouisvilleLouisville, KY23,06510,05813,00717,0865,9792,7551,800
5Transylvania UniversityLexington, KY1,0064315751,006---
6Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland Heights, KY15,3475,6979,65010,1635,1842,4574,167
7Murray State UniversityMurray, KY10,0203,6986,3227,8512,169876920
8Asbury UniversityWilmore, KY2,1008341,2661,789311356306
9Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, KY15,6736,0779,59613,4482,2253,8781,368
10Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, KY16,2916,14610,14514,1512,1402,0551,450
-Average12,1144,8087,3079,3963,8831,9841,938