Simmons College of Kentucky — All Rankings Are Wrong

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Basic Information

Type Private

Geographical Reach Regional

Religious Affiliation Baptist

Location Louisville, KY

Population 1,300,000

Website https://simmonscollegeky.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)

Sunshine Hours 2,543 (47%)

Days Without Precipitation 235 (30%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 473

Men / Women 57% / 43%

Athletes 7.1%

Racial/Ethnic

Black 48%

White 25%

Hispanic 1%

Native American 0%

Asian 0%

Mixed 0%

International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

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

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

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Simmons College of Kentucky	34	47% / 53%	0%	$58,349	67
Business Administration	21 —	48% / 52%	0%	$63,469	75	—
Entrepreneurship	— —	—	—	$63,352	75	—
Applied Psychology	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	—	—	—
Biblical Studies	— —	—	—	$49,903	46	—
Interdisciplinary Studies	— —	—	—	$51,065	50	—
International and Intercultural Communication	7 —	57% / 43%	0%	$50,280	47	—
Social Sciences	2 —	0% / 100%	0%	$50,688	48	—
Music	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$40,505	19	—

Financial

Tuition & Fees $17,756

ROI Percentile 67th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 64%

4-Year Graduation Rate 3%

6-Year Graduation Rate 14%

Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

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

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black

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
Business & Economics	61.8%	21	48% / 52%	0%	$63,469	75	—
Humanities & Social Sciences	32.4%	11	45% / 55%	0%	$50,371	48	—
Arts	5.9%	2	50% / 50%	0%	$40,505	19	—

Admissions

Uses Common App No

Acceptance Rate 58%

Yield (Unbound) 71%

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	58%	58%	58%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

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.

Rankings

My Tribe

Divine Nine Pipeline Majority Black Colleges

The Torchbearers

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