Headcounts and Directory Information
University of Kentucky (Kentucky) is a public, four-years institute located in Lexington, KY. It has a total enrollment of 34,709 including undergraduate and graduate schools and students to faculty ratio is 18 to 1. It is a Research University (very high research activity) by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.
A total of 2,208 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at Kentucky. The average faculty salary is $108,250 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 12,498 employees work at Kentucky. The average non-instructional staff salary is $72,401. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | South Limestone, Lexington, KY |
| Phone Number | 859-257-9000 |
| Web | www.uky.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 18 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 1,710 Full-time / 498 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 10,549 Full-time / 1,949 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $108,250 |
| Staff Average Salary | $72,401 |
| Student Population | 34,709 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At University of Kentucky, there are 12,498 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 10,549 full-time and 1,949 part-time staffs work at Kentucky. By gender there are 5,522 male and 6,976 female employees.
Among them, 2,208 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 2,890 full-time and 538 part-time faculty. By gender there are 1,813 male and 1,615 female faculty teaching at Kentucky.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 12,498 | 5,522 | 6,976 | 10,549 | 4,658 | 5,891 | 1,949 | 864 | 1,085 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 3,428 | 1,813 | 1,615 | 2,890 | 1,590 | 1,300 | 538 | 223 | 315 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 358 | 87 | 271 | 340 | 80 | 260 | 18 | 7 | 11 |
| Management | 805 | 378 | 427 | 794 | 374 | 420 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 843 | 232 | 611 | 829 | 227 | 602 | 14 | 5 | 9 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 1,888 | 906 | 982 | 1,851 | 896 | 955 | 37 | 10 | 27 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 748 | 284 | 464 | 729 | 281 | 448 | 19 | 3 | 16 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 305 | 52 | 253 | 285 | 51 | 234 | 20 | 1 | 19 |
| Service | 700 | 412 | 288 | 688 | 403 | 285 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Sales and related | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Office and Administrative Support | 2,605 | 732 | 1,873 | 1,671 | 320 | 1,351 | 934 | 412 | 522 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 761 | 582 | 179 | 416 | 393 | 23 | 345 | 189 | 156 |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 56 | 44 | 12 | 55 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |