University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · IPEDS UNITID 157085 · Common Data Set 2018-19 to 2025-26

In 2025-26: — applied, — admitted (—), — enrolled. ✓ matches IPEDS; ! differs from IPEDS (the college filed different numbers in the two places, or see the verification table).

Common Data Set year2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26
Applied19,324 ✓18,759 ✓19,648 ✓21,654 ✓21,923 ✓28,107 ✓31,395 ✓
Admitted18,258 ✓17,981 ✓18,932 ✓20,360 ✓20,810 ✓25,969 ✓29,181 ✓
Admit rate94.5%95.9%96.4%94.0%94.9%92.4%92.9%
Enrolled6,428
Yield24.8%
Waitlist offered484178727
Waitlist admitted4511418
SAT 25th–75th1070–13101070–12601080–13101080–12801080–12901070–12701058–1270
ACT 25th–75th23–29 ✓22–29 ✓22–29 ✓22–29 ✓21–28 ✓21–28 ✓21–28 ✓21–28
Average GPA3.513.523.563.593.613.603.583.58
Early decision offeredNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Tuition
Tuition, in-state$11,011$11,135$11,496$12,109$12,714
Tuition, out-of-state$29,331$29,945$30,245$30,913$32,747$34,383
Need met, average56.1%59.6%58.8%59.4%65.3%64.6%58.8%57.2%
Average aid package$14,445$15,077$15,286$15,083$16,964$17,645$17,506$18,278
Student-faculty ratio16.016.017.018.0

Every number

2018-19 JSON / CSV · 2019-20 JSON / CSV · 2020-21 JSON / CSV · 2021-22 JSON / CSV · 2022-23 JSON / CSV · 2023-24 JSON / CSV · 2024-25 JSON / CSV · 2025-26 JSON / CSV

Sources

Original filings: 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 · 2025-26. Read from the file by Claude Haiku (section by section, page images), or taken exactly from the official spreadsheet answer key where the college filed one. Each JSON row carries the method and the IPEDS verification status.