Graduate Student Population in Kentucky
For academic year 2021-2022, total 60,360 graduate students enrolled in 30 graduate schools in Kentucky. By gender, there are 27,213 male students (45.08%) and 33,147 female students (54.92%) enrolled in graduate programs.
University of the Cumberlands has the most graduate students of 14,434 and University of Kentucky has the second most graduate students of 8,490 in Kentucky. You can view and compare the graduate student population along with tuition and other admission information at Kentucky colleges at Kentucky Graduate School Comparison page.
By attending status, 26,364 students enrolled as full-time and 33,996 students enrolled as part-time for graduate programs. Next table shows the 2022 graduate students population by gender and attending status at Kentucky graduate schools.
University of the Cumberlands has the most graduate students of 14,434
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 60,360 | 27,213 | 33,147 |
| Full-time | 26,364 | 11,041 | 15,323 |
| Part-time | 33,996 | 16,172 | 17,824 |
Population by Race/Ethnicity
For academic year 2021-2022, of the 30 enrolled students in Kentucky graduate schools, 99 were American Indian/Native American (0.16%), 1,747 were Asian (2.89%), 4,087 were Black/African American (6.77%), 1,786 were Hispanic (2.96%), 51 were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.08%), 30,850 were White (51.11%), 949 were Two More (1.57%), and 9,417 were Un-Known (15.60%). The number of non-resident alien students is 11,374 (18.84%). Next table shows the 2022 graduate school students population by race/ethnicity and state at Kentucky graduate schools.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 60,360 | 27,213 | 33,147 |
| American Indian/Native American | 99 | 44 | 55 |
| Asian | 1,747 | 879 | 868 |
| Black/African American | 4,087 | 1,302 | 2,785 |
| Hispanic | 1,786 | 665 | 1,121 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 51 | 21 | 30 |
| White | 30,850 | 11,396 | 19,454 |
| Two More | 949 | 308 | 641 |
| Un-Known | 9,417 | 4,558 | 4,859 |
| Non-resident Alien | 11,374 | 8,040 | 3,334 |
