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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Morehead, KY
Population 40,000
Website http://www.moreheadstate.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 125 (91% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 2,400 (26%)
Days Without Precipitation 227 (17%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,405
Men / Women 40% / 60%
From State 80%
From Region 12%
Athletes 10.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 81%
Mixed 4%
International 4%
Black 3%
Hispanic 3%
Asian 1%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 43.6% 43.6% 2012 Men: 41.3% 41.3% 2013 Men: 41.2% 41.2% 2014 Men: 42.6% 42.6% 2015 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2016 Men: 38.3% 38.3% 2017 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2018 Men: 37.6% 37.6% 2019 Men: 38.2% 38.2% 2020 Men: 40.4% 40.4% 2021 Men: 36.8% 36.8% 2022 Men: 35.7% 35.7% 2023 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2024 Men: 39.8% 39.8%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2019 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2011 Black: 6.0% 6.0% 2012 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2013 Black: 4.9% 4.9% 2014 Black: 4.4% 4.4% 2015 Black: 3.9% 3.9% 2016 Black: 5.4% 5.4% 2017 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2018 Black: 5.4% 5.4% 2019 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2020 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2021 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2022 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2023 Black: 3.9% 3.9% 2024 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2011 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2017 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2018 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2019 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2021 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2024 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1% 2011 White: 92.0% 92.0% 2012 White: 92.9% 92.9% 2013 White: 93.2% 93.2% 2014 White: 92.2% 92.2% 2015 White: 92.2% 92.2% 2016 White: 91.2% 91.2% 2017 White: 86.8% 86.8% 2018 White: 90.1% 90.1% 2019 White: 89.6% 89.6% 2020 White: 89.8% 89.8% 2021 White: 87.0% 87.0% 2022 White: 89.1% 89.1% 2023 White: 89.3% 89.3% 2024 White: 89.1% 89.1% 2011 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2017 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2022 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2023 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 International: 0.1% 0.1%

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

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2025 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2021 Black: 3.9% 3.9% 2022 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2023 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2024 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2025 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2020 Hispanic: 2.0% 2.0% 2021 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2022 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2023 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2024 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2025 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2020 White: 88.3% 88.3% 2021 White: 88.1% 88.1% 2022 White: 87.2% 87.2% 2023 White: 86.2% 86.2% 2024 White: 85.1% 85.1% 2025 White: 81.4% 81.4% 2020 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2021 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 International: 2.5% 2.5% 2025 International: 4.0% 4.0%

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

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Caudill College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 338 31% / 69% 1% $42,440 26 92%
Communication and Media Studies 19 — 58% / 42% 0% $43,359 28 100%
Creative Writing 7 +1 14% / 86% 0% $42,203 25 —
English 11 +1 9% / 91% 0% $39,522 18 96%
General Studies 89 — 39% / 61% 1% $43,799 30 87%
History 12 +1 67% / 33% 0% $41,895 24 100%
Intercultural and International Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $53,000 56 —
Philosophy 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $45,340 34 —
Political Science 11 +1 36% / 64% 0% $47,280 40 96%
Psychology 24 +1 21% / 79% 0% $43,076 27 94%
Public Relations and Advertising 10 — 20% / 80% 0% $45,345 34 98%
Social Sciences 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $43,553 29 —
Social Work 46 — 7% / 93% 0% $44,434 31 90%
Sociology 33 +5 33% / 67% 3% $42,968 27 88%
Spanish 4 +3 0% / 100% 0% $45,070 33 —
Art 28 — 18% / 82% 0% $32,680 7 88%
Music 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $39,365 18 97%
Music 15 — 40% / 60% 0% $39,365 18 97%
Theater 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $34,779 10 —
Legal Studies 15 +1 40% / 60% 0% $44,143 31 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 152 27% / 73% 0% $46,545 38 94%
Exercise Science 35 — 51% / 49% 0% $55,764 62 97%
Health Education 12 — 25% / 75% 0% $50,876 51 94%
Sports Management 9 — 100% / 0% 0% $55,764 62 97%
Early Childhood Education 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $41,122 22 91%
Elementary Education 54 — 7% / 93% 0% $41,122 22 91%
Middle School Education 16 — 25% / 75% 0% $41,122 22 91%
Special Education 22 — 14% / 86% 0% $43,986 30 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 237 26% / 74% 1% $67,567 81 92%
Chemistry 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $62,923 75 —
Geosciences 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $61,446 73 —
Mathematics 10 — 60% / 40% 0% $50,111 48 100%
Physics 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $67,701 81 100%
Biology 20 — 40% / 60% 0% $69,669 83 89%
Biomedical Sciences 38 — 45% / 55% 0% $69,669 83 89%
Neuroscience 3 — 33% / 67% 33% $65,206 78 —
Agricultural Science 36 — 25% / 75% 3% $45,275 34 —
Animal Health 20 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Animal Sciences 26 — 19% / 81% 0% — — —
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences — — — — $43,596 29 —
Veterinary Technology — — — — $43,942 30 94%
Nursing 54 — 13% / 87% 0% $80,592 91 94%
Radiation Therapy 18 — 6% / 94% 0% $79,105 90 93%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Elmer R. Smith College of Business and Technology 209 67% / 33% 1% $69,425 83 93%
Aerospace Engineering 9 — 67% / 33% 0% $87,875 95 —
Systems Engineering (Aerospace) 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $85,980 94 —
Computer Science 21 — 86% / 14% 0% $83,912 93 92%
Accounting 37 — 51% / 49% 0% $60,971 72 95%
Business Administration 41 — 46% / 54% 0% $62,430 75 85%
Engineering Management 9 — 78% / 22% 0% $61,786 74 95%
Finance 7 — 57% / 43% 0% $59,086 69 90%
General Business 20 — 65% / 35% 5% $57,940 67 95%
Management Information Systems 7 — 86% / 14% 0% $63,695 76 91%
Marketing 10 — 70% / 30% 10% $59,108 69 90%
Engineering Technologies 38 — 89% / 11% 0% $82,965 92 100%
Engineering Technology 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $80,957 91 —
Manufacturing Engineering Technology 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $10,531
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $15,937
Est. In-State Cost $13,623
Est. Out-of-State Cost $20,616
ROI Percentile 60th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 65%
4-Year Graduation Rate 40%
6-Year Graduation Rate 52%
Transfer-Out Rate 6%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 36.4% 36.4% 2012 Graduated: 39.3% 39.3% 2013 Graduated: 40.3% 40.3% 2014 Graduated: 42.7% 42.7% 2015 Graduated: 39.9% 39.9% 2016 Graduated: 45.4% 45.4% 2017 Graduated: 41.8% 41.8% 2018 Graduated: 44.6% 44.6% 2019 Graduated: 45.9% 45.9% 2020 Graduated: 43.1% 43.1% 2021 Graduated: 44.8% 44.8% 2022 Graduated: 47.2% 47.2% 2023 Graduated: 47.7% 47.7% 2024 Graduated: 52.2% 52.2%

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

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 30.3% 30.3% 2012 Men: 35.1% 35.1% 2013 Men: 37.5% 37.5% 2014 Men: 36.8% 36.8% 2015 Men: 35.2% 35.2% 2016 Men: 43.1% 43.1% 2017 Men: 37.5% 37.5% 2018 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2019 Men: 43.9% 43.9% 2020 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2021 Men: 40.8% 40.8% 2022 Men: 47.3% 47.3% 2023 Men: 46.4% 46.4% 2024 Men: 50.2% 50.2% 2011 Women: 41.1% 41.1% 2012 Women: 42.6% 42.6% 2013 Women: 42.6% 42.6% 2014 Women: 46.8% 46.8% 2015 Women: 43.5% 43.5% 2016 Women: 47.3% 47.3% 2017 Women: 44.7% 44.7% 2018 Women: 47.6% 47.6% 2019 Women: 47.4% 47.4% 2020 Women: 46.1% 46.1% 2021 Women: 47.5% 47.5% 2022 Women: 47.2% 47.2% 2023 Women: 48.6% 48.6% 2024 Women: 53.4% 53.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black White
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 24.4% 24.4% 2012 Black: 16.7% 16.7% 2013 Black: 18.3% 18.3% 2014 Black: 27.6% 27.6% 2015 Black: 18.8% 18.8% 2016 Black: 29.7% 29.7% 2017 Black: 35.7% 35.7% 2018 Black: 31.1% 31.1% 2019 Black: 42.7% 42.7% 2020 Black: 28.4% 28.4% 2021 Black: 21.2% 21.2% 2022 Black: 40.0% 40.0% 2023 Black: 30.2% 30.2% 2024 Black: 39.3% 39.3% 2011 White: 37.0% 37.0% 2012 White: 40.1% 40.1% 2013 White: 41.4% 41.4% 2014 White: 43.9% 43.9% 2015 White: 41.1% 41.1% 2016 White: 46.3% 46.3% 2017 White: 41.9% 41.9% 2018 White: 45.3% 45.3% 2019 White: 45.9% 45.9% 2020 White: 44.0% 44.0% 2021 White: 45.0% 45.0% 2022 White: 47.7% 47.7% 2023 White: 48.3% 48.3% 2024 White: 53.1% 53.1%

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

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 29.3% 274 32% / 68% 1% $43,664 29 91%
Business & Economics 15.0% 140 60% / 40% 1% $60,592 72 91%
Health Sciences 12.7% 119 24% / 76% 0% $70,068 83 95%
Education 10.3% 96 11% / 89% 0% $41,778 24 93%
Agriculture & Food Science 8.8% 82 17% / 83% 1% $45,275 34 —
Life & Natural Sciences 6.5% 61 43% / 57% 2% $69,450 83 89%
Professional 6.2% 58 74% / 26% 0% $72,608 85 100%
Arts 5.2% 49 27% / 73% 0% $35,077 10 91%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.4% 22 59% / 41% 0% $57,415 66 100%
Computer Science 2.2% 21 86% / 14% 0% $83,912 93 92%
Engineering 1.5% 14 79% / 21% 0% $87,198 94 —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $1.6M #257 42% $0.8M — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.4M #411 58% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.1M #233 86% $0.0M — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.1M #486 0% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.0M #420 0% $0.0M — — — —
Education $0.0M #451 0% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0 #623 — $0 — — — —
Total $2.3M #477 45% $0.8M — — — —

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 72%
Yield (Unbound) 18%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 72% 72% 72%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 88.8% 88.8% 2012 Acceptance: 92.7% 92.7% 2013 Acceptance: 84.5% 84.5% 2014 Acceptance: 84.4% 84.4% 2015 Acceptance: 85.4% 85.4% 2016 Acceptance: 85.6% 85.6% 2017 Acceptance: 79.6% 79.6% 2018 Acceptance: 79.3% 79.3% 2019 Acceptance: 77.6% 77.6% 2020 Acceptance: 76.7% 76.7% 2021 Acceptance: 89.8% 89.8% 2022 Acceptance: 84.0% 84.0% 2023 Acceptance: 82.1% 82.1% 2024 Acceptance: 77.2% 77.2% 2011 Yield: 54.0% 54.0% 2012 Yield: 44.3% 44.3% 2013 Yield: 37.3% 37.3% 2014 Yield: 34.2% 34.2% 2015 Yield: 35.0% 35.0% 2016 Yield: 36.5% 36.5% 2017 Yield: 31.4% 31.4% 2018 Yield: 27.6% 27.6% 2019 Yield: 21.1% 21.1% 2020 Yield: 18.0% 18.0% 2021 Yield: 19.0% 19.0% 2022 Yield: 18.0% 18.0% 2023 Yield: 16.9% 16.9% 2024 Yield: 18.2% 18.2%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 2,461 2,461 2012 Applicants: 3,342 3,342 2013 Applicants: 5,230 5,230 2014 Applicants: 5,236 5,236 2015 Applicants: 4,888 4,888 2016 Applicants: 4,327 4,327 2017 Applicants: 5,392 5,392 2018 Applicants: 6,739 6,739 2019 Applicants: 8,032 8,032 2020 Applicants: 8,684 8,684 2021 Applicants: 6,922 6,922 2022 Applicants: 7,911 7,911 2023 Applicants: 8,818 8,818 2024 Applicants: 9,134 9,134 2011 Admitted: 2,185 2,185 2012 Admitted: 3,099 3,099 2013 Admitted: 4,419 4,419 2014 Admitted: 4,421 4,421 2015 Admitted: 4,174 4,174 2016 Admitted: 3,702 3,702 2017 Admitted: 4,293 4,293 2018 Admitted: 5,341 5,341 2019 Admitted: 6,233 6,233 2020 Admitted: 6,661 6,661 2021 Admitted: 6,218 6,218 2022 Admitted: 6,643 6,643 2023 Admitted: 7,241 7,241 2024 Admitted: 7,052 7,052 2011 Enrolled: 1,180 1,180 2012 Enrolled: 1,372 1,372 2013 Enrolled: 1,649 1,649 2014 Enrolled: 1,513 1,513 2015 Enrolled: 1,461 1,461 2016 Enrolled: 1,350 1,350 2017 Enrolled: 1,346 1,346 2018 Enrolled: 1,472 1,472 2019 Enrolled: 1,315 1,315 2020 Enrolled: 1,199 1,199 2021 Enrolled: 1,184 1,184 2022 Enrolled: 1,199 1,199 2023 Enrolled: 1,227 1,227 2024 Enrolled: 1,284 1,284

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 940 940 2012 25th: 890 890 2013 25th: 875 875 2014 25th: 900 900 2015 25th: 850 850 2016 25th: 840 840 2017 25th: 855 855 2019 25th: 948 948 2011 75th: 1140 1140 2012 75th: 1120 1120 2013 75th: 1115 1115 2014 75th: 1095 1095 2015 75th: 1100 1100 2016 75th: 1060 1060 2017 75th: 1035 1035 2019 75th: 1223 1223

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 470 470 2012 25th: 460 460 2013 25th: 455 455 2014 25th: 450 450 2015 25th: 420 420 2016 25th: 410 410 2017 25th: 445 445 2019 25th: 468 468 2011 75th: 590 590 2012 75th: 570 570 2013 75th: 570 570 2014 75th: 560 560 2015 75th: 550 550 2016 75th: 540 540 2017 75th: 550 550 2019 75th: 620 620

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 470 470 2012 25th: 430 430 2013 25th: 420 420 2014 25th: 450 450 2015 25th: 430 430 2016 25th: 430 430 2017 25th: 410 410 2019 25th: 480 480 2011 75th: 550 550 2012 75th: 550 550 2013 75th: 545 545 2014 75th: 535 535 2015 75th: 550 550 2016 75th: 520 520 2017 75th: 485 485 2019 75th: 603 603

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
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: 99.0% 99.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2018 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2022 Submitted: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Submitted: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Submitted: 1.0% 1.0%

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.