Total 292,658 Students Enrolled in Kentucky Colleges

292,658

Total

204,508

4-Year Colleges

85,693

Community Colleges

2,457

Trade Schools

A total of 292,658 students are enrolled in Kentucky colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

  • Student Level: There are 230,674 undergraduate and 61,984 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 78.82% and the proportion of graduate students is 21.18%.
  • Institution Level: 204,508 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 85,693 students enrolled in community colleges, and 2,457 students enrolled in trade schools.

Kentucky 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics

For 38 Kentucky 4-year colleges, there are 204,508 students enrolled.

  • Institution Control: 125,916 (61.57%) students in public and 78,592 (38.43%) in private 4-year colleges.
  • Student Level: 142,524 (69.69%) undergraduate and 61,984 (30.31%) graduate students in Kentucky public 4-year colleges.
  • Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in Kentucky 4-year colleges, 59.44% are women (121,551) and 40.56% are men (82,957). This yields a ratio of approximately 68 male students for every 100 female students.
  • Online Enrollment: 27,023 (13.21%) undergraduate and 31,157 (15.24%) graduate students are enrolled online in Kentucky 4-year colleges.
  • Largest and Smallest: For Kentucky colleges, University of Kentucky has the most number of students of 34,709 among 4-year colleges. For Kentucky community colleges, Jefferson Community and Technical College has the most students of 13,429 and Medical Career & Technical College is the largest trade school with 235.

Student Population By School Level for Kentucky Colleges

By attending status, there are 167,808 full-time students and 124,850 part-time students at Kentucky colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Kentucky colleges. A total of 292,658 students have enrolled in Kentucky colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Kentucky Colleges
SchoolTotalUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Alice Lloyd CollegePrivate, 4-year58958955237---
Asbury UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,1001,7891,29149831128283
Asbury Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year1,689---1,6894901,199
Ashland Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,5522,5521,1021,450---
Bellarmine UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,8862,2402,120120646297349
Berea CollegePrivate, 4-year1,5271,5271,51413---
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling GreenPrivate, Less than 2-year21921919128---
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,8255,8251,8933,932---
Brescia UniversityPrivate, 4-year6905604778313010129
Campbellsville UniversityPrivate, 4-year10,8366,8482,6394,2093,9881,6312,357
Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year12,96512,9654,0398,926---
Centre CollegePrivate, 4-year1,4041,4041,3995---
Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year183160768423419
Paul Mitchell the School-LexingtonPrivate, Less than 2-year18918912762---
Galen College of Nursing-LouisvillePrivate, 4-year5,5854,8011,9942,807784667117
University of the CumberlandsPrivate, 4-year22,1207,6125,8671,74514,5085,6838,825
Eastern Kentucky UniversityPublic, 4-year15,67313,44810,6002,8482,2257131,512
Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year6,4206,4202,4044,016---
Frontier Nursing UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,664---2,6641,6251,039
Georgetown CollegePrivate, 4-year1,3451,1111,091202342232
PJ's College of Cosmetology-GlasgowPrivate, Less than 2-year444444----
Hazard Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,1343,1349262,208---
Paul Mitchell the School-LouisvillePrivate, Less than 2-year23323317261---
Henderson Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,9441,9444481,496---
Hopkinsville Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,2112,2117751,436---
Jefferson Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year13,42913,4293,07310,356---
Summit Salon Academy-LexingtonPrivate, Less than 2-year154154154----
American National University-LouisvillePrivate, 4-year444351180171937221
Kentucky Mountain Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year948838506-6
Kentucky State UniversityPublic, 4-year2,0201,7931,20558822713790
Kentucky Wesleyan CollegePrivate, 4-year88788783453---
University of KentuckyPublic, 4-year34,70925,53423,3902,1449,1757,0522,123
Kentucky Christian UniversityPrivate, 4-year55049442371562135
Lexington Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year82---82676
Lindsey Wilson UniversityPrivate, 4-year4,1931,7221,5152072,4712,071400
University of LouisvillePublic, 4-year23,06517,08612,3794,7075,9794,0181,961
Louisville Presbyterian Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year103---1035944
Madisonville Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,5693,5691,0812,488---
Maysville Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,4344,4341,1533,281---
Midway UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,0031,7521,077675251130121
Morehead State UniversityPublic, 4-year8,7918,2584,5073,751533171362
Murray State UniversityPublic, 4-year10,0207,8516,1211,7302,1696031,566
Gateway Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,3205,3201,4413,879---
Northern Kentucky UniversityPublic, 4-year15,34710,1637,0703,0935,1841,4843,700
West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,2745,2741,5463,728---
University of PikevillePrivate, 4-year2,5471,5401,1184221,0071,0061
Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,6182,6181,1281,490---
Empire Beauty School-ChenowethPrivate, Less than 2-year1001007129---
Empire Beauty School-ElizabethtownPrivate, Less than 2-year17117114130---
Empire Beauty School-DixiePrivate, Less than 2-year1191199128---
Empire Beauty School-FlorencePrivate, Less than 2-year124124124----
Somerset Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year6,1556,1552,3323,823---
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,3713,3711,2872,084---
The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year4,2981,0156643513,2831,3241,959
Spalding UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,553718518200835550285
Sullivan UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,4982,0851,20887741335459
Thomas More UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,3502,1261,20692022414084
Transylvania UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,0061,00699214---
Union Commonwealth UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,32477570570549162387
Western Kentucky UniversityPublic, 4-year16,29114,15111,2992,8522,1407711,369
Appalachian Beauty SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year494949----
Beckfield College-FlorencePrivate, 4-year536536258278---
Owensboro Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,8754,8751,5113,364---
Allure Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year171717----
Interactive College of Technology-NewportPrivate, 2-4 year101101101----
Ross College-HopkinsvillePrivate, 2-4 year9090855---
Brighton Center's Center for Employment TrainingPrivate, Less than 2-year535353----
Employment Solutions-College for Technical EducationPrivate, Less than 2-year203203203----
ATA CollegePrivate, 2-4 year363363363----
Lexington Healing Arts AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year7878-78---
Lindsey Institute of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year565656----
Simmons College of KentuckyPrivate, 4-year5065044277722-
Ideal Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year222----
Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling GreenPrivate, Less than 2-year575757----
Ross Medical Education Center-ErlangerPrivate, Less than 2-year777777----
MedQuest CollegePrivate, 2-4 year524524524----
Ross Medical Education Center-OwensboroPrivate, Less than 2-year383838----
American College of BarberingPrivate, Less than 2-year848484----
Kentucky Horseshoeing SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year313131----
Regina Webb AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year232323----
Medical Career & Technical CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year235235235----
Galen College of Nursing-ARHPrivate, 2-4 year350350221129---
South Eastern Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year4545405---
PJ's College of Cosmetology- LouisvillePrivate, Less than 2-year-------
Edge Academy of BeautyPrivate, Less than 2-year56564115---
Galen Health Institutes-PikevillePrivate, 2-4 year16916912643---
American College of Barbering - FlorencePrivate, Less than 2-year-------