Kentucky State University Overview

Located in Frankfort, Kentucky, Kentucky State University is a public institution. The location of KY State is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Kentucky State University Known For?

• The 5% student loan default rate at KY State is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at KY State is the doctor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 68% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Kentucky State University?

Contact details for KY State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	400 East Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40601-2355
Phone:	502-597-6000
Website:	www.kysu.edu

How Do I Get Into KY State?

You can apply to KY State online at: https://ssb-prod.ec.kysu.edu/PROD/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon

Admission Requirements for KY State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into KY State?

With an acceptance rate of 65%, KY State does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 63%, and the acceptance rate for women is 66%.

Can I Afford Kentucky State University?

The overall average net price of KY State is $13,772. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At KY State, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $6,209 a year. That adds up to $24,836 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at KY State is 4.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Kentucky State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,135 undergraduate students at KY State, with 1,339 being full-time and 796 being part-time.

There are also 144 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,339 full-time undergraduates at KY State, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Kentucky State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	6
Black or African American	1,090
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	91
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	110

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at Kentucky State University. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 15 countries are represented at KY State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Nepal, and India.

Online Learning at Kentucky State University

In 2020-2021, 1,930 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at KY State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 38th most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of KY State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Kentucky State University was 109.3%. This is the #397 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at KY State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Matthew Peek under License

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