University of Kentucky Teaching Programs

Located in Lexington, Kentucky, University of Kentucky is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Lexington makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is University of Kentucky?

Contact details for UK are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	South Limestone, Lexington, KY 40506-0032
Phone:	859-257-9000
Website:	www.uky.edu

How Do I Get Into UK?

You can apply to UK online at: www.uky.edu/admission/apply-uk

Admission Requirements for UK

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UK?

UK has the high acceptance rate of 95%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 96%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to UK submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 650. Math scores were between 530 and 640.

UK received ACT scores from 60% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 29. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

Can I Afford University of Kentucky?

The overall average net price of UK is $37,642. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UK, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $9,045 a year. That adds up to $36,180 over four years for those students.

University of Kentucky Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 21,900 undergraduate students at UK, with 19,829 being full-time and 2,071 being part-time.

There are also 8,490 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 19,829 full-time undergraduates at UK, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Kentucky students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	700
Black or African American	1,374
Hispanic or Latino	1,173
White	14,867
International Students	402
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,313

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at University of Kentucky. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 105 countries are represented at UK. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of Kentucky

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 36 master’s degree programs available online at UK. In 2022-2023, 13,611 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UK has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 6th most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UK majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Educational Leadership & Administration	12%

University of Kentucky Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	0	179	0	0	0	179
Elementary Education	0	99	0	0	0	99
General Educational Leadership & Administration	2	0	11	22	7	42
Secondary Education	0	0	0	26	0	26
Educational Evaluation & Research	0	0	0	0	24	24
General Special Education	0	14	0	7	2	23
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	0	8	14	0	22
Health Education	0	22	0	0	0	22
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness	0	0	0	21	0	21
Music Education	0	18	0	3	0	21
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods	0	10	0	6	0	16
Social Studies Education	0	15	0	0	0	15
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching	0	0	14	0	0	14
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	0	14	0	0	0	14
Educational Statistics & Research Methods	0	0	6	6	0	12
Technical Teacher Education	0	12	0	0	0	12
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	0	0	0	11	0	11
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	0	0	0	7	0	7
Art Education	0	4	0	1	0	5
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	2	2	4
Early Childhood Education	0	3	0	1	0	4
International & Comparative Education	0	0	3	0	0	3
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	0	2	1	0	3
Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education	0	0	0	2	0	2
Superintendency & Educational System Administration	0	0	2	0	0	2
Multicultural Education	0	0	2	0	0	2
Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed	0	0	2	0	0	2
Other Educational Administration & Supervision	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Educational Assessment, Evaluation, & Research	0	0	0	0	0	0
Science Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teacher Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	390	50	130	35	607

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Seicer under License

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