Enrollment Trends for Kentucky Colleges

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 188,131, and 204,508 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 69.69% are undergraduate students and 30.31% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 4,981, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 24,266.

The women to men ratio is 1.47 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in Kentucky Colleges than men students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Kentucky Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	175,261	137,543	60,158	77,385	37,718	15,848	21,870
2015-16	175,243 -18	136,709 -834	59,283 -875	77,426 41	38,534 816	16,116 268	22,418 548
2016-17	177,714 2,471	136,664 -45	58,601 -682	78,063 637	41,050 2,516	17,488 1,372	23,562 1,144
2017-18	183,095 5,381	137,406 742	58,392 -209	79,014 951	45,689 4,639	20,630 3,142	25,059 1,497
2018-19	188,425 5,330	135,241 -2,165	56,572 -1,820	78,669 -345	53,184 7,495	25,801 5,171	27,383 2,324
2019-20	191,075 2,650	134,164 -1,077	55,341 -1,231	78,823 154	56,911 3,727	27,666 1,865	29,245 1,862
2020-21	194,269 3,194	133,688 -476	53,978 -1,363	79,710 887	60,581 3,670	28,650 984	31,931 2,686
2021-22	190,556 -3,713	130,196 -3,492	51,662 -2,316	78,534 -1,176	60,360 -221	27,213 -1,437	33,147 1,216
2022-23	190,807 251	132,254 2,058	52,558 896	79,696 1,162	58,553 -1,807	25,390 -1,823	33,163 16
2023-24	198,484 7,677	136,835 4,581	54,357 1,799	82,478 2,782	61,649 3,096	27,064 1,674	34,585 1,422
2024-25	204,508 6,024	142,524 5,689	56,614 2,257	85,910 3,432	61,984 335	26,343 -721	35,641 1,056
Average	188,131	135,748	56,138	79,610	52,383	23,474	28,909

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 135,748. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 4,981 from 137,543 to 142,524.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kentucky Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	137,543	107,997	48,207	59,790	29,546	11,951	17,595
2015-16	136,709	107,310	47,534	59,776	29,399	11,749	17,650
2016-17	136,664	106,106	46,566	59,540	30,558	12,035	18,523
2017-18	137,406	104,402	45,256	59,146	33,004	13,136	19,868
2018-19	135,241	103,370	44,121	59,249	31,871	12,451	19,420
2019-20	134,164	102,076	42,921	59,155	32,088	12,420	19,668
2020-21	133,688	102,262	41,959	60,303	31,426	12,019	19,407
2021-22	130,196	98,937	40,302	58,635	31,259	11,360	19,899
2022-23	132,254	99,068	40,397	58,671	33,186	12,161	21,025
2023-24	136,835	102,364	41,725	60,639	34,471	12,632	21,839
2024-25	142,524	106,754	43,404	63,350	35,770	13,210	22,560
Average	135,748	135,748	43,854	59,841	135,748	12,284	19,769

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 52,383. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 24,266 from 37,718 to 61,984.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kentucky Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	37,718	20,886	9,596	11,290	16,832	6,252	10,580
2015-16	38,534	21,119	9,510	11,609	17,415	6,606	10,809
2016-17	41,050	22,126	9,844	12,282	18,924	7,644	11,280
2017-18	45,689	22,772	10,048	12,724	22,917	10,582	12,335
2018-19	53,184	28,813	14,349	14,464	24,371	11,452	12,919
2019-20	56,911	29,309	14,149	15,160	27,602	13,517	14,085
2020-21	60,581	29,891	13,796	16,095	30,690	14,854	15,836
2021-22	60,360	26,364	11,041	15,323	33,996	16,172	17,824
2022-23	58,553	29,567	12,577	16,990	28,986	12,813	16,173
2023-24	61,649	31,402	13,839	17,563	30,247	13,225	17,022
2024-25	61,984	31,374	12,645	18,729	30,610	13,698	16,912
Average	52,383	52,383	11,945	14,748	52,383	11,529	14,161

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.54%. The percentage was 76.89% 10 years ago and Kentucky Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 3.30% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.27% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kentucky Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2014-15	437	3,073	15,111	4,596	168	134,766	4,046
2015-16	452	3,131	14,483	5,086	182	133,999	4,467
2016-17	434	3,448	14,546	5,679	170	134,820	4,749
2017-18	425	3,629	14,528	5,963	164	134,253	5,181
2018-19	398	3,756	14,281	6,254	164	130,254	5,536
2019-20	379	4,163	14,677	6,744	154	127,384	5,799
2020-21	360	4,531	15,760	7,608	163	127,254	5,981
2021-22	375	4,957	16,024	8,105	674	124,149	5,742
2022-23	411	6,065	16,363	8,517	164	125,292	5,887
2023-24	454	10,470	17,537	9,372	197	131,399	6,183
2024-25	435	6,754	18,952	10,767	207	136,080	6,993
Average	415	4,907	15,660	7,154	219	130,877	5,506

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

58,336 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 179.28% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kentucky Colleges from 2012 to 2025.

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