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University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky
101 Main Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0032


Fax number: (859) 257-3823
Website: https://www.uky.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 22,735
Full-time undergraduates: 20,752
Part-time undergraduates: 1,939
Total graduate students: 8,802
Full-time graduate students: 6,821
Part-time graduate students: 1,981
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native
3.6% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.7% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.1% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
76.0% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.1% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.6% Nonresident Alien
1.6% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 918 acres
Nearest major city: Cincinnati, Louisville

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 91%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 33%
Percent of students who live off campus: 67%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Wildcat Service Dogs; Alpha Phi Omega; Pre-Medical Activities Council; Society of Women Engineers; Snowcats

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's badminton  
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleading  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's equestrian sports  
Men's field hockey  
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's riflery NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's rifleryyes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's badminton  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleading  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's gymnasticsyes 
Women's gymnastics NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rifleryyes 
Women's riflery NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; badminton; baseball; basketball; cheerleading; equestrian sports; field hockey; football; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; riflery; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; weight lifting; wrestling; triathlon; indoor track; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running; skiing (cross-country)

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Blue Grass Airport (Lexington,

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