Total Student Population Comparison
The total student population of Colleges in Kentucky is 292,658 with 175,025 female students and 117,633 male students. This enrollment statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2024-2025. The following table compares the student population for both undergraduate and graduate schools between Colleges in Kentucky.
Among the Colleges in Kentucky, University of has the most enrolled students of 34,709, while Ideal Beauty Academy has the least number of students of 2 for both in graduate and undergraduate programs.
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Undergraduate Student Population
The total undergraduate population of Colleges in Kentucky is 230,674 with 139,384 female students and 91,290 male students. The following table compares 2024-2025 undergraduate enrollment between Colleges in Kentucky.
Among the Colleges in Kentucky, University of has the most enrolled undergraduate students of 25,534, while Ideal Beauty Academy has the least number of undergraduate students of 2.
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Graduate Student Population
The total graduate population of Colleges in Kentucky is 61,984 with 35,641 female students and 26,343 male students. The following table compares 2023-2024 graduate enrollment between Colleges in Kentucky.
Among the Colleges in Kentucky, University of the Cumberlands has the most enrolled graduate students of 14,508, while Simmons College of has the least number of graduate students of 2.
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Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment
The following table compares 2023-2024 distance learning enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate programs between Colleges in Kentucky. In undergraduate programs, out of total 225,203 students, 56,791 students (25.22%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 75,029 students (33.32%) have learned from at least one online course. For graduate schools, out of total 61,881 students, 31,144 students (50.33%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 16,207 students (26.19%) have learned from at least one online course.
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| Name | Undergraduate | Graduate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | ||
| Alice Lloyd College | Alice Lloyd College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Asbury University | 1,789 | 356 (19.90%) |
475 (26.55%) | 311 | 306 (98.39%) |
3 (0.96%) | |
| Asbury Theological Seminary | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 1,689 | 688 (40.73%) |
504 (29.84%) | |||
| Ashland Community and Technical College | 2,552 | 879 (34.44%) |
685 (26.84%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| American College of Barbering - Florence | American College of Barbering - Florence does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Bellarmine University | 2,240 | 20 (0.89%) |
533 (23.79%) | 646 | 239 (37.00%) |
56 (8.67%) | |
| Berea College | Berea College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green | PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College | 5,825 | 1,902 (32.65%) |
1,488 (25.55%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Brescia University | 560 | 145 (25.89%) |
220 (39.29%) | 130 | 107 (82.31%) |
23 (17.69%) | |
| Campbellsville University | 6,848 | 774 (11.30%) |
2,151 (31.41%) | 3,988 | 939 (23.55%) |
2,737 (68.63%) | |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College | 12,965 | 4,487 (34.61%) |
2,965 (22.87%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Centre College | Centre College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible College | 160 | 121 (75.63%) |
17 (10.63%) | 23 | 23 (100.00%) |
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| Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington | Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Galen College of Nursing-Louisville | 4,801 | 3,173 (66.09%) |
1,628 (33.91%) | 784 | 784 (100.00%) |
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| University of the Cumberlands | 7,612 | 5,021 (65.96%) |
1,861 (24.45%) | 14,508 | 8,646 (59.59%) |
5,217 (35.96%) | |
| Eastern Kentucky University | 13,448 | 3,878 (28.84%) |
5,686 (42.28%) | 2,225 | 1,368 (61.48%) |
462 (20.76%) | |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | 6,420 | 2,639 (41.11%) |
1,660 (25.86%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Frontier Nursing University | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 2,664 | 2,664 (100.00%) |
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| Georgetown College | 1,111 | - | 389 (35.01%) | 234 | 234 (100.00%) |
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| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow | PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Hazard Community and Technical College | 3,134 | 1,168 (37.27%) |
425 (13.56%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Paul Mitchell the School-Louisville | Paul Mitchell the School-Louisville does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Henderson Community College | 1,944 | 442 (22.74%) |
305 (15.69%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Hopkinsville Community College | 2,211 | 967 (43.74%) |
700 (31.66%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Jefferson Community and Technical College | 13,429 | 4,077 (30.36%) |
2,685 (19.99%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Summit Salon Academy-Lexington | Summit Salon Academy-Lexington does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| American National University-Pikeville | 351 | 234 (66.67%) |
117 (33.33%) | 93 | 11 (11.83%) |
82 (88.17%) | |
| Kentucky Mountain Bible College | 88 | 39 (44.32%) |
16 (18.18%) | 6 | 6 (100.00%) |
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| Kentucky State University | 1,793 | 655 (36.53%) |
704 (39.26%) | 227 | 96 (42.29%) |
94 (41.41%) | |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | 887 | 128 (14.43%) |
160 (18.04%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| University of Kentucky | 25,534 | 1,508 (5.91%) |
12,080 (47.31%) | 9,175 | 3,555 (38.75%) |
1,046 (11.40%) | |
| Kentucky Christian University | 494 | 1 (0.20%) |
68 (13.77%) | 56 | 56 (100.00%) |
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| Lexington Theological Seminary | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 82 | 82 (100.00%) |
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| Lindsey Wilson College | 1,722 | 339 (19.69%) |
47 (2.73%) | 2,471 | 485 (19.63%) |
1,945 (78.71%) | |
| University of Louisville | 17,086 | 2,755 (16.12%) |
7,809 (45.70%) | 5,979 | 1,800 (30.11%) |
1,231 (20.59%) | |
| Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary | Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Madisonville Community College | 3,569 | 1,180 (33.06%) |
764 (21.41%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Maysville Community and Technical College | 4,434 | 1,847 (41.66%) |
884 (19.94%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Midway University | 1,752 | 362 (20.66%) |
649 (37.04%) | 251 | 212 (84.46%) |
30 (11.95%) | |
| Morehead State University | 8,258 | 639 (7.74%) |
3,349 (40.55%) | 533 | 468 (87.80%) |
42 (7.88%) | |
| Murray State University | 7,851 | 876 (11.16%) |
2,939 (37.43%) | 2,169 | 920 (42.42%) |
347 (16.00%) | |
| Gateway Community and Technical College | 5,320 | 2,268 (42.63%) |
1,414 (26.58%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Northern Kentucky University | 10,163 | 2,457 (24.18%) |
4,246 (41.78%) | 5,184 | 4,167 (80.38%) |
436 (8.41%) | |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College | 5,274 | 1,354 (25.67%) |
1,189 (22.54%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| University of Pikeville | 1,540 | 38 (2.47%) |
767 (49.81%) | 1,007 | 193 (19.17%) |
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| Big Sandy Community and Technical College | 2,618 | 1,127 (43.05%) |
595 (22.73%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth | Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown | Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Empire Beauty School-Dixie | Empire Beauty School-Dixie does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Empire Beauty School-Florence | Empire Beauty School-Florence does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Somerset Community College | 6,155 | 2,798 (45.46%) |
1,251 (20.32%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College | 3,371 | 1,165 (34.56%) |
691 (20.50%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | 1,015 | 83 (8.18%) |
2 (0.20%) | 3,283 | 983 (29.94%) |
1,289 (39.26%) | |
| Spalding University | 718 | 118 (16.43%) |
280 (39.00%) | 835 | 269 (32.22%) |
24 (2.87%) | |
| Sullivan University | 2,085 | 1,108 (53.14%) |
357 (17.12%) | 413 | 135 (32.69%) |
28 (6.78%) | |
| Thomas More University | 2,126 | 165 (7.76%) |
624 (29.35%) | 224 | 120 (53.57%) |
9 (4.02%) | |
| Transylvania University | 1,006 | - | - | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Union College | 775 | 63 (8.13%) |
319 (41.16%) | 549 | 138 (25.14%) |
388 (70.67%) | |
| Western Kentucky University | 14,151 | 2,055 (14.52%) |
6,410 (45.30%) | 2,140 | 1,450 (67.76%) |
214 (10.00%) | |
| Appalachian Beauty School | Appalachian Beauty School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Beckfield College-Florence | 536 | 28 (5.22%) |
508 (94.78%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Owensboro Community and Technical College | 4,875 | 1,271 (26.07%) |
1,326 (27.20%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Allure Beauty College | Allure Beauty College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Interactive College of Technology-Newport | 101 | - | 101 (100.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Ross College-Hopkinsville | 90 | - | 56 (62.22%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training | 53 | - | 46 (86.79%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education | 203 | 12 (5.91%) |
18 (8.87%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| ATA College | 363 | 29 (7.99%) |
334 (92.01%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Lexington Healing Arts Academy | 78 | - | 6 (7.69%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology | Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Simmons College of Kentucky | 504 | 40 (7.94%) |
202 (40.08%) | 2 | - | - | |
| Ideal Beauty Academy | Ideal Beauty Academy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green | 57 | - | 21 (36.84%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger | 77 | - | 49 (63.64%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| MedQuest College | 524 | - | 217 (41.41%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro | 38 | - | 22 (57.89%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| American College of Barbering | American College of Barbering does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Kentucky Horseshoeing School | Kentucky Horseshoeing School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Regina Webb Academy | Regina Webb Academy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Medical Career & Technical College | Medical Career & Technical College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Galen College of Nursing-ARH | 350 | - | 350 (100.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| South Eastern Beauty Academy | South Eastern Beauty Academy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Edge Academy of Beauty | Edge Academy of Beauty does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville | 169 | - | 169 (100.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Average | 225,203 | 56,791 (25.22%) |
75,029 (33.32%) |
61,881 | 31,144 (50.33%) |
16,207 (26.19%) | |
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