University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Public
Acceptance Rate
92.9%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
26
Annual In-State Tuition
$13,502
Annual Out-of-State Tuition
$34,140
Student Body Size
24,763
First Year Retention Rate
86.8%
Graduation Rate
70.7%
Median Earnings Post-Graduation
$59,025
Campus Security Score
33
Climate
🌤️ 215
How University of Kentucky compares
- More selective than about 20% of the colleges in our database.
- Bigger than about 98% of the colleges we track, by enrollment.
- Out-of-state tuition is lower than about 21% of the colleges we track.
- Average SAT scores are higher than about 63% of the colleges we track.
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Data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.