University of Kentucky is the largest public Kentucky college with 31,547 students. The percentage of online students is 12.88% at the school.

University of Louisville with 22,017 students and Western Kentucky University with 16,493 students are following it in the largetst Kentucky college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Kentucky online colleges.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest Kentucky Public Colleges With Most Students

University of Kentucky is the largest school with 31,547 students and University of Louisville has the second largest population with 22,017 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

University of Kentucky stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of Louisville also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,412 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,150 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 85.39% and the average SAT score is 1,083 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 52.13% and the students to faculty ratio is 15 to 1 over the 8 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 8 Largest Kentucky Public Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Kentucky Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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University of Kentucky Lexington, KYPublic, 4-year 31,547
1,157
22,7358,81212,72318,8244,06417 to 1
2
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University of Louisville Louisville, KYPublic, 4-year 22,017
123
15,9216,0969,66312,3544,19313 to 1
3
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Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KYPublic, 4-year 16,493
257
14,4402,0536,18310,3103,16218 to 1
4
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Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KYPublic, 4-year 15,801
178
10,7765,0255,72910,0726,56717 to 1
5
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Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KYPublic, 4-year 14,324
340
12,0722,2525,5888,7364,27816 to 1
6
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Murray State University Murray, KYPublic, 4-year 9,479
65
7,6791,8003,5165,9631,94416 to 1
7
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Morehead State University Morehead, KYPublic, 4-year 8,807
175
8,2155923,4095,3981,20214 to 1
8
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Kentucky State University Frankfort, KYPublic, 4-year 1,726
553
1,6101167191,00749411 to 1
Average15,02411,6813,3435,9419,0833,23815 to 1