Kentucky State University Graduate Schools

Kentucky State University (referred to as KY State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Frankfort, KY. Kentucky State University is a historically black school. Kentucky State University is a completely online college that all programs/degrees are offered via distance education. It is classified as a Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree- professional practice. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Kentucky State University is $6,621 for Kentucky residents and $10,675 for out-of-state students. The school has 144 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,279 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1939 - Current).

KY State Directory Information
School Name	Kentucky State University (KY State)
Address	400 East Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40601-2355
Phone	502-597-6000
Web	https://www.kysu.edu
Online Application	https://ssb-prod.ec.kysu.edu/PROD/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon
Financial Info	https://www.kysu.edu/finance-and-administration/financial-aid/index.php

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Kentucky State University is $6,621 for Kentucky residents and $10,675 for out-of-state students. The school has 144 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,279 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 37 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 2 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$10,675 $6,621 for Kentucky Residents
Student Population	144
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	37 graduate programs (2 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Kentucky State University is $6,621 for Kentucky residents and $10,675 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $313 for Kentucky residents and $531 for out-of-state students.

Kentucky State University offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

Kentucky State University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	2 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Kentucky State University is $6,621 for Kentucky residents and $10,675 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -15.68% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Kentucky Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,560	-	$11,340	-
2019-2020	$7,560	$390	$11,550	$390
2020-2021	$7,560	$1,100	$11,550	$1,100
2021-2022	$7,560	$1,320	$11,340	$1,320
2022-2023	$6,501	$120	$10,555	$120

The graduate school tuition & fees of KY State is inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Kentucky. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Kentucky graduate tuition is $17,742 (public) / $11,001 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Kentucky State University	$6,621	$10,675
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Kentucky Graduate Schools	$10,479	$13,191
Public	$10,985	$17,742
Private	$11,001

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $313 for Kentucky residents and $531 for other students at Kentucky State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are decreased by -15.71% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Kentucky Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$420	$630
2019-2020	$420	$630
2020-2021	$420	$630
2021-2022	$420	$630
2022-2023	$313	$531

Graduate Programs at KY State

Kentucky State University offers 9 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 29 students have completed their study at Kentucky State University.

Offered Degrees at Kentucky State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	7	0	28
Doctor's degree - other	1	1	1
Post Bachelor's Degree	1	0	0
Total	9	1	29

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Kentucky State University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Aquaculture program with 0 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Computer and Information Sciences program with 9 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Nursing Administration program with 2 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Kentucky State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Aquaculture	✕	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at Kentucky State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	7	-
Environmental Studies	✕	6	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Aquaculture	✕	4	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Kentucky State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Nursing Administration	✔	2	-
Nursing Administration	✔	1	-

Kentucky State University offers 9 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 29 students have completed their graduate studies.

28 students have earned/completed Master's program.
1 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Aquaculture	✕	1	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	9	-
Education [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Forensic Psychology	✕	2	-
Human Services [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
	Total	28

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	1 completers	-
Nursing Administration	✔	1	-
	Total	1

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Aquaculture	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Graduate Student Population at KY State

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 144 students enrolled into Kentucky State University graduate schools where it has total 2,279 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 75 full-time and 69 part-time graduate students. By gender, 78 male and 66 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	144	78	66
Full-time	75	39	36
Part-tme	69	39	30

Kentucky State University is a historically black school and 68 (47.22% of total students) students are Black/African American at Kentucky State University. There are 22 White (15.28%), 6 Hispanic (4.17%), 2 Asian (1.39%), and 46 students with other races. 15 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	144	78	66
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	2	2	0
Black/African American	68	37	31
Hispanic	6	3	3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	22	16	6
Two More	3	2	1
Un-Known	28	10	18
Non-resident Alien	15	8	7

Kentucky State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 70 graduate students (48.61% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 22 graduate students (15.28% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	144
Enrolled Online Exclusively	70
Enrolled Some Online Courses	22
Not in Online Courses	52

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Kentucky State University. 37 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.69% of total students), 11 students are aged above 50 (7.64%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Kentucky State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	144	78	66
Age 20-21	1	1	0
Age 22-24	36	27	9
Age 25-29	42	24	18
Age 30-34	25	8	17
Age 35-39	11	5	6
Age 40-49	18	7	11
Age 50-64	11	6	5

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