80.82% of Applicants Accepted to Kentucky Colleges in 2025 Admission

141,610

Applicants

114,455

Admitted

80.82%

Acceptance Rate

22.45%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Kentucky colleges is 80.82%, 114,455 accepted out of 141,610 applicants.

For Kentucky college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 12,509 (9.69%) compared to last year, from 129,101 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 252, which is more than 0.99% last year.

Kentucky colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 2.43% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Kentucky colleges. The yield decreased by 1.22%.

Among Kentucky colleges, Berea College has the lowest acceptance rate of 19.34% with 746 accepted students out of 3,857 applicants. University of Kentucky has the most number of applicants of 31,517 and University of Kentucky has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 6,513.

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.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Kentucky Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Berea College3,857
1,784		746
68		401
-12		19.34%
-13.37%		53.75%
-7.16%
Brescia University2,145
-389		756
-121		141
-10		35.24%
0.63%		18.65%
1.43%
Centre College3,747
521		2,037
284		395
34		54.36%
0.02%		19.39%
-1.20%
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary605
316		338
58		189
14		55.87%
-41.02%		55.92%
-6.58%
Kentucky Christian University962
215		586
120		164
-2		60.91%
-1.47%		27.99%
-7.63%
Union Commonwealth University996
162		629
170		244
46		63.15%
8.11%		38.79%
-4.35%
Asbury University2,063
513		1,308
315		342
-16		63.40%
-0.66%		26.15%
-9.90%
Northern Kentucky University6,058
-359		4,098
-2,064		1,510
215		67.65%
-28.38%		36.85%
15.83%
Kentucky Wesleyan College2,113
104		1,513
167		268
25		71.60%
4.60%		17.71%
-0.34%
Alice Lloyd College2,673
802		2,011
410		213
24		75.23%
-10.34%		10.59%
-1.22%
Morehead State University9,134
316		7,052
-189		1,284
57		77.21%
-4.91%		18.21%
1.26%
Eastern Kentucky University17,024
-58		13,212
-128		2,635
-147		77.61%
-0.48%		19.94%
-0.91%
University of Louisville15,668
847		12,442
505		3,120
3		79.41%
-1.13%		25.08%
-1.03%
Campbellsville University5,000
3,985		3,987
2,989		557
-127		79.74%
-18.59%		13.97%
-54.57%
Summit Salon Academy-Lexington16131381.25%100.00%
Murray State University10,486
-552		8,984
-527		1,562
-97		85.68%
-0.49%		17.39%
-0.05%
Bellarmine University4,779
1,317		4,115
875		539
-93		86.11%
-7.48%		13.10%
-6.41%
Transylvania University1,851
-135		1,602
-86		261
-20		86.55%
1.55%		16.29%
-0.36%
Thomas More University3,242
212		2,929
-11		367
-29		90.35%
-6.68%		12.53%
-0.94%
Georgetown College1,353
-462		1,232
-109		320
13		91.06%
17.18%		25.97%
3.08%
University of Kentucky31,517
3,284		29,293
3,210		6,513
76		92.94%
0.56%		22.23%
-2.45%
Western Kentucky University9,840
2,120		9,237
1,745		2,788
-34		93.87%
-3.18%		30.18%
-7.49%
Midway University1,071
-49		1,019
-47		234
-31		95.14%
-0.04%		22.96%
-1.90%
Kentucky State University1,453
-548		1,396
-456		377
32		96.08%
3.53%		27.01%
8.38%
University of the Cumberlands3,037
-1,244		3,001
-55		999
354		98.81%
27.42%		33.29%
12.18%
Spalding University727
-80		723
-73		113
-4		99.45%
0.81%		15.63%
0.93%
Simmons College of Kentucky178
-102		178
-97		145
-24		100.00%
1.79%		81.46%
20.01%
Kentucky Mountain Bible College31
-11		31
16		17
5		100.00%
64.29%		54.84%
-25.16%