For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Kentucky colleges is 83.20%, 107,409 accepted out of 129,101 applicants.

For Kentucky college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 11,210 (9.51%) compared to last year, from 117,891 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 1,756, which is more than 7.38% last year.

Kentucky colleges' acceptance rate increased by 1.34% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Kentucky colleges. The yield decreased by 0.87%.

Among Kentucky colleges, Berea College has the lowest acceptance rate of 33.00% with 684 accepted students out of 2,073 applicants. University of Kentucky has the most number of applicants of 28,233 and University of Kentucky has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 6,494.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Kentucky Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Kentucky. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: July 3, 2024 | Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Kentucky Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Berea College2,073
-144
684
139
417
64
33.00%
8.42%
60.96%
-3.81%
Brescia University2,534
598
887
-88
151
49
35.00%
-15.36%
17.02%
6.56%
Kentucky Mountain Bible College42
-18
15
-12
12
-6
35.71%
-9.29%
80.00%
13.33%
Centre College3,226
502
1,742
30
366
-34
54.00%
-8.85%
21.01%
-2.35%
Union College834
-308
459
-151
197
-3
55.04%
1.62%
42.92%
10.13%
Kentucky Christian University747
141
463
194
167
53
61.98%
17.59%
36.07%
-6.31%
Asbury University1,550
445
992
122
357
62
64.00%
-14.73%
35.99%
2.08%
Kentucky Wesleyan College2,009
575
1,346
363
242
22
67.00%
-1.55%
17.98%
-4.40%
University of the Cumberlands4,281
1,967
3,040
1,119
638
-2
71.01%
-12.01%
20.99%
-12.33%
Georgetown College1,815
-717
1,343
-468
309
-50
73.99%
2.47%
23.01%
3.19%
Eastern Kentucky University17,082
1,261
13,324
3,150
2,798
61
78.00%
13.69%
21.00%
-5.90%
University of Louisville14,821
-641
12,005
-603
3,121
190
81.00%
-0.54%
26.00%
2.75%
Morehead State University8,818
907
7,231
588
1,229
30
82.00%
-1.97%
17.00%
-1.05%
Transylvania University1,986
205
1,688
71
287
6
84.99%
-5.80%
17.00%
-0.38%
Murray State University11,038
787
9,493
884
1,614
248
86.00%
2.02%
17.00%
1.13%
Alice Lloyd College1,871
-107
1,609
-336
193
6
86.00%
-12.33%
12.00%
2.39%
University of Kentucky28,233
6,124
25,974
4,995
6,494
433
92.00%
-2.89%
25.00%
-3.89%
Kentucky State University2,001
-869
1,861
-765
354
-15
93.00%
1.50%
19.02%
4.97%
Bellarmine University3,462
-416
3,254
-150
651
105
93.99%
6.21%
20.01%
3.97%
Midway University1,120
63
1,064
73
266
27
95.00%
1.24%
25.00%
0.88%
Northern Kentucky University6,417
-488
6,160
221
1,294
-344
96.00%
9.99%
21.01%
-6.57%
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary289
-79
280
-41
176
-11
96.89%
9.66%
62.86%
4.60%
Western Kentucky University7,720
215
7,488
212
2,845
90
96.99%
0.04%
37.99%
0.13%
Thomas More University3,030
111
2,939
188
382
-6
97.00%
2.76%
13.00%
-1.10%
Simmons College of Kentucky280
-6
274
82
167
106
97.86%
30.73%
60.95%
29.18%
Campbellsville University1,01599568798.03%69.05%
Spalding University807
87
799
96
120
-12
99.01%
1.37%
15.02%
-3.76%