University of Kentucky Student Population

How many students at UK?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of Kentucky has a total enrollment of 34,709 students, including 25,534 undergraduate and 9,175 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 13,833 male students (39.9%) and 20,876 female students (60.1%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 25,632 White students (73.8%) and 2,387 Black students (6.9%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 25,534 undergraduate students (73.6%) and 9,175 graduate students (26.4%).
• Class Delivery: 5,063 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 13,126 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - UK's body is almost same.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 13,833 male (39.85%) and 20,876 female (60.15%) students are attending University of Kentucky. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 66.26.

By class level, 25,534 (73.57%) are undergraduate students and 9,175 (26.43%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 41.79% are male and 58.21% are female, while among graduate students, 34.46% are male and 65.54% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 25,632 White, 2,387 Black, and 1,295 Asian students out of a total of 34,709 are attending at University of Kentucky. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Kentucky is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 44.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UK has 597 students under 18 years old and 119 students over 65 years old. There are 27,085 students under 25 years old, and 7,624 students over 25 years old out of 34,709 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 597 students are younger than 18 and 73 students are older than 65. UK has 24,045 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,489 students aged 25 and over.

It has 3,040 graduate students aged under 25 and 6,135 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Kentucky, 5,063 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 13,126 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,600 students who live in Kentucky or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,463 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 25,534 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,056 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.14%.855 students have transferred in as full-time status and 201 students transferred in as part-time status.