University of Kentucky Business Programs

University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

University of Kentucky Rankings

Out of the 28 colleges in Kentucky, UK is ranked at #3.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UK.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#10	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Most Popular Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Most Popular Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#38	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#57	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UK has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#27	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#27	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#81	Best Finance & Financial Management Schools	College Factual
#99	Best Marketing Schools	College Factual
#114	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#138	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/universityofky
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/universityofky

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	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UK?

UK has the high acceptance rate of 96%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 95%, and the acceptance rate for women is 97%.

Average Test Scores

About 23% 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 640. Math scores were between 530 and 640.

UK received ACT scores from 88% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 31. Math scores were between 21 and 28. Composite scores were between 22 and 29.

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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UK, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $9,087 a year. That adds up to $36,348 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UK is 4.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Kentucky Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 22,227 undergraduate students at UK, with 20,239 being full-time and 1,988 being part-time.

There are also 7,759 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 20,239 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	630
Black or African American	1,404
Hispanic or Latino	1,138
White	15,157
International Students	504
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,406

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

In 2019-2020, 25,082 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 28th most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of UK

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Kentucky was 46.7%. This is the #589 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UK regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Kentucky Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	0	324	0	122	2	448
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	343	0	0	0	343
Finance	0	267	0	0	0	267
Accounting	0	173	0	45	0	218
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	0	168	0	0	0	168
Business Economics	0	70	0	0	0	70
Agricultural Economics	0	53	0	1	4	58
General Economics	0	56	0	0	0	56
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	27	0	0	0	27
International Business/Trade/Commerce	14	0	0	0	0	14
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	0	0	0	6	3	9
Health Communication	8	0	0	0	0	8
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	7	0	0	7
Management Science	0	1	0	0	0	1
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	22	1,482	7	174	9	1,694

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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