University of Louisville Overview

University of Louisville is a public institution situated in Louisville, Kentucky. The location of UofL is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is University of Louisville Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at UofL 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 doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UofL.
• For the <nil> academic year, 54% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from UofL makes roughly $51,380 a year. This is 26% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is University of Louisville?

Contact details for UofL are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2301 S 3Rd St, Louisville, KY 40292-0001
Phone:	502-852-5555
Website:	www.louisville.edu

How Do I Get Into UofL?

You can apply to UofL online at: louisville.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for UofL

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	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UofL?

With an acceptance rate of 75%, UofL may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 13% of students accepted to UofL submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 630. Math scores were between 520 and 640.

UofL received ACT scores from 91% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 29. Math scores were between 18 and 27. Composite scores were between 20 and 28.

Can I Afford University of Louisville?

The overall average net price of UofL is $34,228. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UofL, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $7,224 a year. That adds up to $28,896 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UofL is 1.7%. 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.

University of Louisville Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,634 undergraduate students at UofL, with 11,450 being full-time and 4,184 being part-time.

There are also 6,506 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 11,450 full-time undergraduates at UofL, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	641
Black or African American	1,557
Hispanic or Latino	740
White	7,642
International Students	157
Other Races/Ethnicities	713

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at University of Louisville. At this time, 37 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 81 countries are represented at UofL. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Iran.

Online Learning at University of Louisville

In 2020-2021, 12,789 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 17th 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 UofL

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Louisville was 106.9%. This is the #403 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UofL 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 Ken Lund under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.