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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Presbyterian
Location Pikeville, KY
Population 50,000
Website https://www.upike.edu/
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Weather

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,193
Men / Women 49% / 51%
From State 74%
From Region 14%
Athletes 57.4%

Racial/Ethnic

White 80%
Black 7%
International 7%
Mixed 2%
Native American 1%
Asian 1%
Hispanic 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Men: 53.4% 53.4% 2014 Men: 52.6% 52.6% 2015 Men: 51.0% 51.0% 2016 Men: 54.1% 54.1% 2017 Men: 54.1% 54.1%

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: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 1.8% 1.8% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2014 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2019 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2011 Black: 6.8% 6.8% 2012 Black: 16.8% 16.8% 2013 Black: 10.7% 10.7% 2014 Black: 8.5% 8.5% 2015 Black: 18.4% 18.4% 2016 Black: 13.2% 13.2% 2017 Black: 12.5% 12.5% 2018 Black: 10.9% 10.9% 2019 Black: 17.8% 17.8% 2020 Black: 12.3% 12.3% 2021 Black: 16.3% 16.3% 2022 Black: 13.4% 13.4% 2023 Black: 10.8% 10.8% 2024 Black: 13.2% 13.2% 2011 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2014 Hispanic: 2.3% 2.3% 2015 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2016 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2017 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2018 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6% 2019 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6% 2021 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2022 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2011 White: 92.2% 92.2% 2012 White: 81.8% 81.8% 2013 White: 85.8% 85.8% 2014 White: 88.1% 88.1% 2015 White: 80.0% 80.0% 2016 White: 85.2% 85.2% 2017 White: 83.8% 83.8% 2018 White: 83.7% 83.7% 2019 White: 77.8% 77.8% 2020 White: 83.2% 83.2% 2021 White: 76.7% 76.7% 2022 White: 83.5% 83.5% 2023 White: 83.5% 83.5% 2024 White: 83.7% 83.7% 2011 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2018 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2020 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2022 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2024 International: 1.4% 1.4%

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: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2025 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2021 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Black: 12.4% 12.4% 2021 Black: 11.9% 11.9% 2022 Black: 10.9% 10.9% 2023 Black: 9.6% 9.6% 2024 Black: 6.3% 6.3% 2025 Black: 7.4% 7.4% 2020 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2023 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6% 2024 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2025 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 White: 79.7% 79.7% 2021 White: 81.3% 81.3% 2022 White: 80.3% 80.3% 2023 White: 80.5% 80.5% 2024 White: 81.0% 81.0% 2025 White: 80.5% 80.5% 2020 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2021 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2022 International: 3.4% 3.4% 2023 International: 3.8% 3.8% 2024 International: 5.3% 5.3% 2025 International: 6.9% 6.9%

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

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 119 49% / 51% 6% $54,107 49 94%
Computer and Information Sciences — — — — $69,087 78 —
Information Technology Management 15 +1 93% / 7% 7% $68,418 77 —
Chemistry — — — — $58,248 59 —
Mathematics 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,864 69 —
Biology 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $64,654 72 85%
Biomedical Sciences 15 — 33% / 67% 7% $64,654 72 85%
Sport Management 8 +1 38% / 62% 12% $48,497 32 —
Communication 9 +6 44% / 56% 11% $36,745 8 100%
English 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $44,858 22 —
History 5 +1 60% / 40% 0% $47,304 29 —
Interdisciplinary Studies — — — — $48,617 32 —
Psychology 16 +11 50% / 50% 12% $51,086 40 96%
Religion — — — — $48,005 31 —
Social Work 8 — 25% / 75% 0% $45,208 23 95%
Sociology 1 +10 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Film Studies 3 +1 67% / 33% 33% $38,192 9 —
Visual and Performing Arts 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Criminal Justice 20 +4 50% / 50% 0% $53,116 46 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Business 43 63% / 37% 19% $45,078 22 95%
Business Administration 43 +3 63% / 37% 19% $45,078 22 95%
Organizational Leadership — — — — $45,078 22 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Education 24 21% / 79% 0% $39,602 11 100%
Biology Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Education 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $39,980 12 —
Elementary Education 9 — 11% / 89% 0% $38,984 10 100%
English/Language Arts Teacher Education 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $41,608 14 —
Mathematics Teacher Education — — — — $41,910 15 —
Middle School Education 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $38,984 10 100%
Social Studies Teacher Education 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $41,996 15 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Nursing 16 31% / 69% 0% $132,058 100 94%
Nursing 16 — 31% / 69% 0% $132,058 100 94%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $26,650
ROI Percentile 56th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 69%
4-Year Graduation Rate 29%
6-Year Graduation Rate 42%
Transfer-Out Rate 19%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 24.8% 24.8% 2012 Graduated: 28.2% 28.2% 2013 Graduated: 30.9% 30.9% 2014 Graduated: 39.5% 39.5% 2015 Graduated: 35.1% 35.1% 2016 Graduated: 27.5% 27.5% 2017 Graduated: 29.9% 29.9% 2018 Graduated: 29.4% 29.4% 2019 Graduated: 27.7% 27.7% 2020 Graduated: 32.2% 32.2% 2021 Graduated: 31.0% 31.0% 2022 Graduated: 35.4% 35.4% 2023 Graduated: 39.1% 39.1% 2024 Graduated: 41.7% 41.7%

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: 14.8% 14.8% 2012 Men: 18.3% 18.3% 2013 Men: 22.3% 22.3% 2014 Men: 27.7% 27.7% 2015 Men: 27.6% 27.6% 2016 Men: 22.2% 22.2% 2017 Men: 20.4% 20.4% 2018 Men: 25.9% 25.9% 2019 Men: 22.1% 22.1% 2020 Men: 26.6% 26.6% 2021 Men: 27.5% 27.5% 2022 Men: 31.5% 31.5% 2023 Men: 33.1% 33.1% 2024 Men: 35.3% 35.3% 2011 Women: 35.7% 35.7% 2012 Women: 39.0% 39.0% 2013 Women: 41.7% 41.7% 2014 Women: 53.0% 53.0% 2015 Women: 50.0% 50.0% 2016 Women: 35.7% 35.7% 2017 Women: 40.3% 40.3% 2018 Women: 33.3% 33.3% 2019 Women: 34.1% 34.1% 2020 Women: 38.3% 38.3% 2021 Women: 34.6% 34.6% 2022 Women: 40.0% 40.0% 2023 Women: 46.1% 46.1% 2024 Women: 47.7% 47.7%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black White
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Black: 21.6% 21.6% 2013 Black: 20.0% 20.0% 2014 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2016 Black: 17.3% 17.3% 2017 Black: 15.0% 15.0% 2018 Black: 20.0% 20.0% 2019 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2020 Black: 11.6% 11.6% 2021 Black: 25.5% 25.5% 2022 Black: 27.3% 27.3% 2023 Black: 30.0% 30.0% 2024 Black: 31.6% 31.6% 2011 White: 26.8% 26.8% 2012 White: 29.4% 29.4% 2013 White: 33.0% 33.0% 2014 White: 44.2% 44.2% 2015 White: 41.2% 41.2% 2016 White: 29.0% 29.0% 2017 White: 32.8% 32.8% 2018 White: 30.6% 30.6% 2019 White: 31.9% 31.9% 2020 White: 35.6% 35.6% 2021 White: 33.3% 33.3% 2022 White: 36.1% 36.1% 2023 White: 40.3% 40.3% 2024 White: 42.7% 42.7%

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 25.2% 51 59% / 41% 18% $45,614 24 95%
Humanities & Social Sciences 22.8% 46 39% / 61% 7% $45,784 24 97%
Life & Natural Sciences 12.4% 25 40% / 60% 4% $64,654 72 85%
Education 11.9% 24 21% / 79% 0% $39,603 11 100%
Professional 9.9% 20 50% / 50% 0% $53,116 46 100%
Health Sciences 7.9% 16 31% / 69% 0% $132,058 100 94%
Computer Science 7.4% 15 93% / 7% 7% $68,418 77 —
Arts 2.0% 4 75% / 25% 25% $38,192 9 —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.5% 1 0% / 100% 0% $62,864 69 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — — — — —

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 No
Acceptance Rate 90%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 90% 90% 90%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Yield: 21.4% 21.4% 2014 Yield: 15.5% 15.5% 2015 Yield: 13.0% 13.0% 2016 Yield: 13.5% 13.5% 2017 Yield: 12.1% 12.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Applicants: 1,804 1,804 2014 Applicants: 2,278 2,278 2015 Applicants: 2,408 2,408 2016 Applicants: 2,437 2,437 2017 Applicants: 2,299 2,299 2013 Admitted: 1,804 1,804 2014 Admitted: 2,278 2,278 2015 Admitted: 2,408 2,408 2016 Admitted: 2,437 2,437 2017 Admitted: 2,299 2,299 2013 Enrolled: 386 386 2014 Enrolled: 352 352 2015 Enrolled: 314 314 2016 Enrolled: 329 329 2017 Enrolled: 279 279

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 76%
SAT Range 810 – 1070
SAT Math Range 400 – 540
SAT RW Range 390 – 520

SAT Composite

25th 75th
700 800 900 1000 1100 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 770 770 2014 25th: 790 790 2015 25th: 810 810 2016 25th: 790 790 2017 25th: 880 880 2013 75th: 1010 1010 2014 75th: 980 980 2015 75th: 930 930 2016 75th: 1000 1000 2017 75th: 1060 1060

SAT Math

25th 75th
350 400 450 500 550 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 380 380 2014 25th: 410 410 2015 25th: 400 400 2016 25th: 380 380 2017 25th: 440 440 2013 75th: 510 510 2014 75th: 500 500 2015 75th: 470 470 2016 75th: 510 510 2017 75th: 540 540

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
350 400 450 500 550 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 390 390 2014 25th: 380 380 2015 25th: 410 410 2016 25th: 410 410 2017 25th: 440 440 2013 75th: 500 500 2014 75th: 480 480 2015 75th: 460 460 2016 75th: 490 490 2017 75th: 520 520

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0%

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.