Enrollment Statistics at Kentucky Colleges

Student Population at Kentucky Colleges

At Kentucky colleges, there are 292,658 students including 230,674 undergraduate and 61,984 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 167,808 full-time and 124,850 part-time students.By gender, 40.19% male and 59.81% female students enrolled in Kentucky colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
Kentucky Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	292,658	117,633	175,025
Undergraduate	230,674	91,290	139,384
Graduate	61,984	26,343	35,641
By Attending Status
Full-time	167,808	67,258	100,550
Part-time	124,850	50,375	74,475

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - Kentucky Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

Kentucky colleges have a total of 167,808 full-time students and 124,850 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 136,434 students are attending classes with full-time status and 94,240 are part-time students. In graduate school, 31,374 students are full-time and 30,610 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Kentucky Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	292,658	167,808	124,850
Undergraduate	230,674	136,434	94,240
Graduate	61,984	31,374	30,610

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - Kentucky Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For Kentucky colleges, 87,948 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 91,284 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 292,658 students. In undergraduate schools, 131,820 students enrolled in online courses and 47,412 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
Kentucky Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	292,658	230,674	61,984
Online Exclusively	87,948	56,791	31,157
In Some Online Classes	91,284	75,029	16,255
Not In Online Classes	113,426	98,854	14,572

[Chart] Kentucky Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Kentucky colleges. There are 200,217 Caucasian, 27,495 Black/African American, 8,446 Asian, and 17,222 Hispanic students in Kentucky colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
Kentucky Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	292,658	117,633	175,025
American Indian/Native American	633	256	377
Asian	8,446	3,849	4,597
Black/African American	27,495	10,353	17,142
Hispanic	17,222	6,760	10,462
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	320	127	193
White	200,217	77,187	123,030
Two More	10,700	3,990	6,710
Un-Known	11,611	4,876	6,735

[Chart] Kentucky Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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