University of Kentucky

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

University of Kentucky Academics

The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Additionally, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Veterans Counselor can help. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Tutoring and Writing Center. In particular, the university has a Accelerated Program, Distance Learning, Double Major, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Weekend College. University of Kentucky is unique in its study options.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at University of Kentucky.

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business – General, Business/Managerial Economics, Finance/Banking, Hospitality Administration/Management, Management Science, Marketing Management

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General, Sociology

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Arts Management, Drama/Theater Arts, Interior Design, Music – General Performance, Music History/Literature

English Language and Literature:

English

History:

History – General

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Geology, Physics

Computer Science:

Computer/Information Sciences – General

Communications & Journalism:

Advertising, Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism, Radio/Television

Education:

Art Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Health Teacher Education, Junior High Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Science Teacher Education, Special Education

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Clinical Laboratory Science, Health System Administration, Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology

Foreign Language and Literature:

Classics, French, German, Linguistics, Russian, Spanish

Popular majors:

twenty-two percent business per marketing, ten percent communications per journalism, ten percent social sciences, eight percent education, seven percent engineering, five percent agriculture, five percent biology

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy

The cost per credit hour (overall) was $523 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall. Further, for international students, the application fee is 40. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 15th of February.

University of Kentucky Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 82% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 79%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For example, there were two thousand, two hundred and seventy total number of transfer students who applied and one thousand, six hundred and fourteen total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school requires an application fee consisting of forty dollars regular application fee, forty dollars out-of-state application fee, forty dollars online application fee and point zero .

For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of February. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of February and the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. The regular application is due the 15th of February. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 15th of February.

University of Kentucky Financial Aid

Financial aid distribution is at fifty-eight percent scholarships per grants and forty-two percent loans per jobs. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Athletics, Job Skills, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama, ROTC and State/District Residency. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Minority Status and Music/Drama.

University of Kentucky Students

The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 82 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. The school’s size is approximately eighteen thousand, four hundred and sixteen degree-seeking undergrads, three thousand, eight hundred and thirty-five first-time degree-seeking freshmen and five thousand, four hundred and eighty-five graduate enrollment. In addition, it is part of an Urban setting, Large city (250,000 – 499,999) and Commuter campus. University of Kentucky offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and First Professional degrees. In addition, the student body consists of eighty percent in-state students, twenty percent out-of-state students, zero percent part-time students, fifty-three percent women, forty-seven percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, three percent asian per pacific islander, four percent black per non-hispanic, one percent hispanic, ninety percent white per non-hispanic, less than one percent non-resident alien, three percent race per ethnicity unreported, twenty-eight percent in top 10th of graduating class, fifty-seven percent in top quarter of graduating class, eighty-six percent in top half of graduating class, forty-two percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, nineteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, fifteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, twelve percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, ten percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99, one percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49 and one percent had h.s. gpa between 1.0 and 1.99.

This school features the Urban setting, Large city (250,000 – 499,999) and Commuter campus. After all, the school is located 80 miles from Louisville, 90 miles from Cincinnati.Students should note the housing policies: twenty-eight percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Married Students, Apartments For Single Students, Fraternity/Sorority Housing, Special Housing For Disabled Students, Special Housing For International Students, one-JUN deadline for housing deposit, three hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. Besides, the university has many unique facilites such as center for the arts, Van de Graaff accelerator, equine research center, center for the humanities.

University of Kentucky Athletics

The Wildcats are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division IA, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Handball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
• Men’s Intramural Wrestling