Basic Information
Type
Public
Geographical Reach
Regional
Population
180,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours
2,543 (47%)
Days Without Precipitation
235 (29%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
1,283
Men / Women
43% / 57%
Athletes
32.3%
Racial/Ethnic
Black
79%
White
6%
Mixed
5%
Hispanic
2%
International
2%
Native American
0%
Asian
0%
Men in the Entering Class
0%
15%
30%
45%
60%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 41.8% 41.8%
2012 Men: 51.2% 51.2%
2013 Men: 42.1% 42.1%
2014 Men: 45.5% 45.5%
2015 Men: 47.6% 47.6%
2016 Men: 46.6% 46.6%
2017 Men: 44.8% 44.8%
2018 Men: 46.0% 46.0%
2019 Men: 41.5% 41.5%
2020 Men: 35.4% 35.4%
2021 Men: 39.7% 39.7%
2022 Men: 40.1% 40.1%
2023 Men: 41.4% 41.4%
2024 Men: 46.7% 46.7%
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Native: 0.8% 0.8%
2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2020 Native: 0.7% 0.7%
2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2011 Asian: 0.7% 0.7%
2012 Asian: 0.5% 0.5%
2013 Asian: 0.3% 0.3%
2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2020 Asian: 0.7% 0.7%
2021 Asian: 2.0% 2.0%
2022 Asian: 0.5% 0.5%
2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2024 Asian: 1.1% 1.1%
2011 Black: 77.2% 77.2%
2012 Black: 86.5% 86.5%
2013 Black: 77.4% 77.4%
2014 Black: 69.4% 69.4%
2015 Black: 68.1% 68.1%
2016 Black: 68.4% 68.4%
2017 Black: 60.1% 60.1%
2018 Black: 80.3% 80.3%
2019 Black: 76.8% 76.8%
2020 Black: 72.9% 72.9%
2021 Black: 66.3% 66.3%
2022 Black: 68.2% 68.2%
2023 Black: 74.6% 74.6%
2024 Black: 74.2% 74.2%
2011 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2012 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2013 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3%
2014 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2015 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3%
2016 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9%
2017 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1%
2018 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8%
2019 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5%
2020 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1%
2021 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5%
2022 Hispanic: 3.1% 3.1%
2023 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2%
2024 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3%
2011 White: 14.7% 14.7%
2012 White: 11.2% 11.2%
2013 White: 10.3% 10.3%
2014 White: 10.2% 10.2%
2015 White: 11.1% 11.1%
2016 White: 8.3% 8.3%
2017 White: 8.5% 8.5%
2018 White: 3.9% 3.9%
2019 White: 12.1% 12.1%
2020 White: 19.6% 19.6%
2021 White: 19.6% 19.6%
2022 White: 21.4% 21.4%
2023 White: 11.1% 11.1%
2024 White: 5.4% 5.4%
2011 International: 0.7% 0.7%
2012 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 International: 0.2% 0.2%
2014 International: 0.4% 0.4%
2015 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 International: 0.6% 0.6%
2018 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 International: 0.4% 0.4%
2021 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 International: 0.5% 0.5%
2023 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%
Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3%
2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2020 Asian: 0.7% 0.7%
2021 Asian: 0.5% 0.5%
2022 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2023 Asian: 0.5% 0.5%
2024 Asian: 0.5% 0.5%
2025 Asian: 0.3% 0.3%
2020 Black: 75.1% 75.1%
2021 Black: 79.3% 79.3%
2022 Black: 81.3% 81.3%
2023 Black: 81.4% 81.4%
2024 Black: 82.4% 82.4%
2025 Black: 79.0% 79.0%
2020 Hispanic: 4.0% 4.0%
2021 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1%
2022 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6%
2023 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1%
2024 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1%
2025 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2%
2020 White: 13.4% 13.4%
2021 White: 8.6% 8.6%
2022 White: 7.6% 7.6%
2023 White: 7.3% 7.3%
2024 White: 6.6% 6.6%
2025 White: 6.3% 6.3%
2020 International: 0.7% 0.7%
2021 International: 0.6% 0.6%
2022 International: 0.4% 0.4%
2023 International: 1.1% 1.1%
2024 International: 0.9% 0.9%
2025 International: 1.9% 1.9%
Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.
IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Schools & Majors
⇅
Kentucky State University
226
40% / 60%
0%
$53,102
58
96%
Computer Science
13 —
85% / 15%
0%
$72,590
86
—
Chemistry
1 —
100% / 0%
0%
—
—
—
Mathematics
2 —
0% / 100%
0%
$57,499
67
—
Biology
15 —
13% / 87%
0%
$49,884
49
—
Agriculture
8 —
38% / 62%
0%
$44,896
35
—
Nursing
20 —
5% / 95%
5%
$99,657
98
100%
Business Administration
— —
—
—
$52,549
56
—
General Business
57 —
61% / 39%
0%
—
—
—
Sports Management
12 —
58% / 42%
0%
$45,816
37
—
English
2 —
50% / 50%
0%
$41,242
24
—
Human Development and Family Studies
5 —
0% / 100%
0%
$36,240
13
90%
Journalism
4 —
25% / 75%
0%
$34,804
11
96%
Political Science
3 —
33% / 67%
0%
$51,738
54
—
Psychology
32 —
16% / 84%
0%
$42,970
29
96%
Social Sciences
1 —
100% / 0%
0%
$42,732
28
—
Social Work
7 —
0% / 100%
0%
$45,968
38
84%
Elementary Education
4 —
0% / 100%
0%
$39,077
18
—
General Education
20 —
55% / 45%
0%
$43,116
29
—
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
— —
—
—
$36,784
14
—
Music
2 —
100% / 0%
0%
$33,428
9
—
Music Education
— —
—
—
$36,796
14
97%
Music Performance
— —
—
—
$33,562
9
—
Criminal Justice
18 —
44% / 56%
0%
$46,055
38
97%
Financial
In-State Tuition & Fees
$9,862
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees
$14,530
Est. In-State Cost
$12,757
Est. Out-of-State Cost
$18,796
ROI Percentile
58th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
64%
4-Year Graduation Rate
14%
6-Year Graduation Rate
32%
Transfer-Out Rate
20%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 21.3% 21.3%
2012 Graduated: 13.9% 13.9%
2013 Graduated: 18.0% 18.0%
2014 Graduated: 19.8% 19.8%
2015 Graduated: 22.3% 22.3%
2016 Graduated: 19.9% 19.9%
2017 Graduated: 20.4% 20.4%
2018 Graduated: 18.0% 18.0%
2019 Graduated: 25.4% 25.4%
2020 Graduated: 30.0% 30.0%
2021 Graduated: 37.2% 37.2%
2022 Graduated: 32.3% 32.3%
2023 Graduated: 27.1% 27.1%
2024 Graduated: 31.9% 31.9%
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 20.0% 20.0%
2012 Men: 10.3% 10.3%
2013 Men: 10.8% 10.8%
2014 Men: 12.5% 12.5%
2015 Men: 15.6% 15.6%
2016 Men: 16.2% 16.2%
2017 Men: 16.2% 16.2%
2018 Men: 12.8% 12.8%
2019 Men: 18.2% 18.2%
2020 Men: 26.2% 26.2%
2021 Men: 35.9% 35.9%
2022 Men: 29.2% 29.2%
2023 Men: 22.6% 22.6%
2024 Men: 29.7% 29.7%
2011 Women: 22.4% 22.4%
2012 Women: 17.7% 17.7%
2013 Women: 23.4% 23.4%
2014 Women: 26.6% 26.6%
2015 Women: 27.5% 27.5%
2016 Women: 22.8% 22.8%
2017 Women: 23.5% 23.5%
2018 Women: 23.2% 23.2%
2019 Women: 30.5% 30.5%
2020 Women: 33.3% 33.3%
2021 Women: 38.3% 38.3%
2022 Women: 35.4% 35.4%
2023 Women: 31.3% 31.3%
2024 Women: 33.5% 33.5%
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Black: 22.2% 22.2%
2012 Black: 13.0% 13.0%
2013 Black: 18.5% 18.5%
2014 Black: 21.1% 21.1%
2015 Black: 23.1% 23.1%
2016 Black: 19.5% 19.5%
2017 Black: 20.1% 20.1%
2018 Black: 15.7% 15.7%
2019 Black: 24.5% 24.5%
2020 Black: 27.0% 27.0%
2021 Black: 40.2% 40.2%
2022 Black: 32.1% 32.1%
2023 Black: 25.8% 25.8%
2024 Black: 28.0% 28.0%
2011 White: 16.7% 16.7%
2012 White: 20.3% 20.3%
2013 White: 14.5% 14.5%
2014 White: 12.1% 12.1%
2015 White: 22.6% 22.6%
2016 White: 19.1% 19.1%
2017 White: 42.2% 42.2%
2018 White: 21.4% 21.4%
2019 White: 37.3% 37.3%
2020 White: 41.8% 41.8%
2021 White: 33.3% 33.3%
2022 White: 36.6% 36.6%
2023 White: 35.5% 35.5%
2024 White: 33.3% 33.3%
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Academics
⇅
Business & Economics
30.5%
69
61% / 39%
0%
$45,816
37
—
Humanities & Social Sciences
23.9%
54
17% / 83%
0%
$42,549
27
93%
Education
10.6%
24
46% / 54%
0%
$42,443
27
—
Health Sciences
8.8%
20
5% / 95%
5%
$99,657
98
100%
Professional
8.0%
18
44% / 56%
0%
$46,055
38
97%
Life & Natural Sciences
6.6%
15
13% / 87%
0%
$49,884
49
—
Computer Science
5.8%
13
85% / 15%
0%
$72,590
86
—
Agriculture & Food Science
3.5%
8
38% / 62%
0%
$44,896
35
—
Physical Sciences & Math
1.3%
3
33% / 67%
0%
$57,499
67
—
Arts
0.9%
2
100% / 0%
0%
$33,428
9
—
Research
R3
⇅
Agriculture & Food Science
$13.4M
#67
54%
$0
—
—
—
—
Business & Economics
$0
#456
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Computer Science
$0
#525
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Education
$0
#457
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Engineering
$0
#449
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Health Sciences
$0
#441
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Humanities & Social Sciences
$0
#540
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Life & Natural Sciences
$0
#547
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Physical Sciences & Math
$0
#623
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Total
$13.4M
#281
54%
$0
—
—
—
—
Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24.
Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024,
which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the
source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
65%
Yield (Unbound)
25%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
65%
65%
65%
Acceptance & Yield
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 30.3% 30.3%
2012 Acceptance: 44.7% 44.7%
2013 Acceptance: 37.7% 37.7%
2014 Acceptance: 47.7% 47.7%
2015 Acceptance: 37.9% 37.9%
2016 Acceptance: 49.0% 49.0%
2017 Acceptance: 45.3% 45.3%
2018 Acceptance: 72.2% 72.2%
2019 Acceptance: 80.6% 80.6%
2020 Acceptance: 84.0% 84.0%
2021 Acceptance: 65.2% 65.2%
2022 Acceptance: 91.5% 91.5%
2023 Acceptance: 92.6% 92.6%
2024 Acceptance: 96.1% 96.1%
2011 Yield: 17.9% 17.9%
2012 Yield: 24.3% 24.3%
2013 Yield: 21.0% 21.0%
2014 Yield: 9.2% 9.2%
2015 Yield: 11.6% 11.6%
2016 Yield: 12.2% 12.2%
2017 Yield: 33.7% 33.7%
2018 Yield: 22.9% 22.9%
2019 Yield: 29.8% 29.8%
2020 Yield: 20.0% 20.0%
2021 Yield: 18.7% 18.7%
2022 Yield: 14.1% 14.1%
2023 Yield: 18.6% 18.6%
2024 Yield: 27.0% 27.0%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 10,322 10,322
2012 Applicants: 4,333 4,333
2013 Applicants: 6,399 6,399
2014 Applicants: 6,540 6,540
2015 Applicants: 4,768 4,768
2016 Applicants: 3,384 3,384
2017 Applicants: 2,078 2,078
2018 Applicants: 1,660 1,660
2019 Applicants: 2,186 2,186
2020 Applicants: 3,377 3,377
2021 Applicants: 3,974 3,974
2022 Applicants: 2,870 2,870
2023 Applicants: 2,001 2,001
2024 Applicants: 1,453 1,453
2011 Admitted: 3,126 3,126
2012 Admitted: 1,936 1,936
2013 Admitted: 2,415 2,415
2014 Admitted: 3,119 3,119
2015 Admitted: 1,808 1,808
2016 Admitted: 1,658 1,658
2017 Admitted: 941 941
2018 Admitted: 1,198 1,198
2019 Admitted: 1,763 1,763
2020 Admitted: 2,836 2,836
2021 Admitted: 2,591 2,591
2022 Admitted: 2,626 2,626
2023 Admitted: 1,852 1,852
2024 Admitted: 1,396 1,396
2011 Enrolled: 558 558
2012 Enrolled: 471 471
2013 Enrolled: 506 506
2014 Enrolled: 286 286
2015 Enrolled: 210 210
2016 Enrolled: 202 202
2017 Enrolled: 317 317
2018 Enrolled: 274 274
2019 Enrolled: 525 525
2020 Enrolled: 568 568
2021 Enrolled: 484 484
2022 Enrolled: 369 369
2023 Enrolled: 345 345
2024 Enrolled: 377 377
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Standardized Tests
Test Policy
optional
Submitted Test Scores
21%
SAT Range
820
–
1010
SAT Math Range
390
–
510
SAT RW Range
430
–
520
Published SAT Distribution
SAT Composite
600
800
1000
1200
1400
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 760 760
2012 25th: 720 720
2013 25th: 673 673
2014 25th: 735 735
2015 25th: 830 830
2016 25th: 750 750
2017 25th: 866 866
2018 25th: 820 820
2019 25th: 890 890
2020 25th: 860 860
2022 25th: 783 783
2023 25th: 820 820
2011 75th: 940 940
2012 75th: 910 910
2013 75th: 898 898
2014 75th: 925 925
2015 75th: 1050 1050
2016 75th: 945 945
2017 75th: 1020 1020
2018 75th: 1003 1003
2019 75th: 1060 1060
2020 75th: 1050 1050
2022 75th: 978 978
2023 75th: 1010 1010
SAT Math
300
400
500
600
700
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 380 380
2012 25th: 350 350
2013 25th: 323 323
2014 25th: 375 375
2015 25th: 450 450
2016 25th: 345 345
2017 25th: 448 448
2018 25th: 400 400
2019 25th: 440 440
2020 25th: 430 430
2022 25th: 390 390
2023 25th: 400 400
2011 75th: 470 470
2012 75th: 440 440
2013 75th: 448 448
2014 75th: 445 445
2015 75th: 570 570
2016 75th: 465 465
2017 75th: 520 520
2018 75th: 503 503
2019 75th: 530 530
2020 75th: 520 520
2022 75th: 478 478
2023 75th: 510 510
SAT Reading & Writing
350
400
450
500
550
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 380 380
2012 25th: 370 370
2013 25th: 350 350
2014 25th: 360 360
2015 25th: 380 380
2016 25th: 405 405
2017 25th: 418 418
2018 25th: 420 420
2019 25th: 450 450
2020 25th: 430 430
2022 25th: 393 393
2023 25th: 420 420
2011 75th: 470 470
2012 75th: 470 470
2013 75th: 450 450
2014 75th: 480 480
2015 75th: 480 480
2016 75th: 480 480
2017 75th: 500 500
2018 75th: 500 500
2019 75th: 530 530
2020 75th: 530 530
2022 75th: 500 500
2023 75th: 500 500
Submitting a Test Score
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2015 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0%
2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2019 Submitted: 94.0% 94.0%
2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2022 Submitted: 50.0% 50.0%
2023 Submitted: 52.0% 52.0%
2024 Submitted: 21.0% 21.0%
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
