University of Kentucky
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Details
- Name: University of Kentucky
- Location: Lexington, KY 40506-0032
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 92.38%
- Average SAT Scores 1213
- Four Year Completion Rate 53.87% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 69.93% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 68.9% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
Average4 Year53.9%6 Year69.9%8 Year68.9% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $32,291 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $33,406 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $13,212 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $16,750 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $22,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $7,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $10,267 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $11,329 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $14,557 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $20,655 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $24,687 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $47,266 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $45,429 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $53,326 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $51,162 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $59,025 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Animal Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $63,502 | $64,789 | $29,252 |
| Plant Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,268 |
| Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,777 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | $51,600 | $43,925 | $31,366 |
| Information Science/Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $36,011 | $22,400 | $42,916 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's Degree | $40,882 | $26,447 | $34,959 |
| Agricultural Production Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $52,610 | No data | $30,296 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,800 |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $61,080 | $47,446 | $34,243 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,801 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $37,336 | $25,340 | $60,064 |
| Special Education and Teaching | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,223 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $60,597 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,029 |
| Food Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Forestry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Landscape Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | Bachelor's Degree | $52,819 | $46,226 | $36,018 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $67,465 |
| Mining and Mineral Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,710 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,623 |
| Agricultural Public Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,813 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $30,484 | No data | $64,632 |
| Materials Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,473 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $34,674 | No data | $24,464 |
| Apparel and Textiles | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $46,782 | $35,317 |
| Botany/Plant Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | $48,098 | $30,013 | $29,771 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $42,458 | $16,610 | $55,159 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agricultural Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,269 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $44,132 | $31,196 | $62,556 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $39,644 | $22,443 | $23,244 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,546 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,392 |
| Physics and Astronomy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,573 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $47,559 | $37,949 | $21,456 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,594 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $52,130 | $44,661 | $24,569 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $25,809 | $28,314 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,884 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $67,724 | $35,220 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $41,607 | $29,150 | $58,034 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $46,585 | $47,381 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | $26,458 | No data | No data |
| Biotechnology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,968 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $46,051 | $28,308 | $39,976 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,420 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $44,535 | $34,033 | $50,335 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,835 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $48,786 | $39,586 | $22,606 |
| International/Global Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,694 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $58,113 | No data | $17,785 |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,200 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $44,583 | $30,000 | $29,192 |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $45,726 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,351 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $48,153 | $34,900 | $28,293 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | $45,853 | $32,004 | $50,819 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Business/Commerce, General | Bachelor's Degree | $53,494 | $37,626 | $41,792 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $54,961 | $47,129 | $38,713 |