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University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY · Public · 24,763 students · mostly bachelor degrees
49th-cheapest of 79 Kentucky colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$18,851
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$34,391
Graduation rate
71%
Admission rate
93%
Median graduate earnings
$59,025
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$22,500
Average SAT
1215
Median ACT
26
Pell grant recipients
23%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
347 programsDentistry · First Professional Degree66 grads/yr$185,878Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · First Professional Degree130 grads/yr$135,755Clinical Nurse Leader · Graduate/Professional Certificate6 grads/yr$126,624Clinical Nurse Leader · First Professional Degree35 grads/yr$119,485Medicine · First Professional Degree190 grads/yr$115,241Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Master's Degree64 grads/yr$114,151Business/Commerce, General · Master's Degree116 grads/yr$111,868Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree16 grads/yr$103,270Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Doctoral Degree10 grads/yr$100,533Environmental Health · Master's Degree37 grads/yr$100,253Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree43 grads/yr$99,945Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree156 grads/yr$99,535Industrial Engineering · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma60 grads/yr$99,370Learning Sciences · Doctoral Degree27 grads/yr$99,094Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree83 grads/yr$98,003Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree57 grads/yr$96,913Accounting · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$92,636Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$91,461Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree156 grads/yr$90,654International Business/Trade/Commerce · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma25 grads/yr$88,980Geographic Information Science and Cartography · Graduate/Professional Certificate14 grads/yr$88,628Law · First Professional Degree133 grads/yr$86,420Accounting · Bachelor's Degree121 grads/yr$85,777Materials Engineering · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$84,796Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree327 grads/yr$84,087
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.