Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

University of Kentucky

Find Schools Near

University of Kentucky Graduate Programs

University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

1,571 Master's Degrees
938 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is University of Kentucky?

undefined

Contact details for UK are given below.

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

University of Kentucky Graduate Student Diversity

8,490 Graduate Students
62% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,490 graduate students at UK, 38% are male and 62% are female.

undefined

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 339
Black or African American 585
Hispanic or Latino 352
White 5,880
International Students 772
Other Races/Ethnicities 562

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

4,064 Took All Classes Online
13,611 Took At Least One Class Online
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.

undefined

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
Business, Management & Marketing 8%
Engineering 1%
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 14%
Health Professions 15%
Library Science 21%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies 9%
Natural Resources & Conservation 32%
Public Administration & Social Service 39%
Social Sciences 8%
Visual & Performing Arts 10%

University of Kentucky Graduate Concentrations

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

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Social Work 110 352 74 536
Mental & Social Health Services 184 0 0 184
Medicine 0 0 159 159
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 9 135 144
General Business/Commerce 0 127 5 132
Library & Information Science 0 125 0 125
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 28 72 100
Law 0 0 82 82
Dentistry 0 0 67 67
Allied Health Professions 7 59 0 66
Nursing 6 8 50 64
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 1 42 12 55
Educational Administration 13 33 7 53
Accounting 0 47 0 47
Teacher Education Grade Specific 14 33 0 47
Applied Mathematics 1 46 0 47
Music 11 20 14 45
General Biology 0 38 5 43
Health & Physical Education 9 31 2 42
Public Health 3 31 7 41
Health & Medical Administrative Services 18 20 0 38
Chemistry 0 17 20 37
Educational Assessment 6 6 24 36
Communication Sciences 0 33 0 33
Special Education 2 28 2 32
Arts & Media Management 4 26 0 30
Mechanical Engineering 0 14 14 28
Physics and Astronomy 0 17 9 26
Geography & Cartography 9 12 5 26
Communication & Media Studies 4 8 12 24
Public Administration 0 22 2 24
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 23 0 23
International Relations & National Security 0 23 0 23
Instructional Media Design 8 14 0 22
Electrical Engineering 5 11 6 22
Computer Information Systems 0 8 11 19
Mathematics 0 8 11 19
Public Policy 12 7 0 19
Civil Engineering 0 14 4 18
Applied Statistics 12 6 0 18
Historic Preservation 15 2 0 17
Anthropology 0 6 11 17
Writing Studies 9 7 0 16
Sociology 13 0 2 15
Marketing 0 14 0 14
General Architecture 0 13 0 13
Other Communication Technology 0 13 0 13
Manufacturing Engineering 6 7 0 13
Statistics 0 7 6 13
Animal Science 0 6 6 12
Agricultural Engineering 0 10 2 12
Ethnic Studies 8 1 3 12
Nutrition Science 7 1 4 12
Child Development & Psychology 0 6 6 12
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 11 0 11
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 11 0 11
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 11 0 11
Romance Languages 0 8 3 11
Plant Sciences 0 3 6 9
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 1 8 9
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 8 8
Human Development & Family Studies 1 4 3 8
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 8 0 8
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 8 0 0 8
Economics 0 2 6 8
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 7 7
Materials Engineering 0 2 5 7
Mining Engineering 0 5 2 7
Area Studies 7 0 0 7
Natural Resources Conservation 2 5 0 7
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 2 4 6
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 3 3 6
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 6 0 0 6
Botany/Plant Biology 0 4 2 6
Biomedical Engineering 0 5 1 6
General English Literature 0 3 3 6
Medical Science 4 0 2 6
Gerontology 5 0 1 6
Philosophy 0 2 4 6
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 5 1 6
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 5 5
Zoology 0 4 1 5
Classical Languages & Literature 0 5 0 5
History 0 3 2 5
Curriculum & Instruction 0 2 2 4
Data Science 0 4 0 4
Political Science & Government 0 2 2 4
Business Administration & Management 3 0 0 3
International Education 3 0 0 3
Teaching English or French 2 1 0 3
Chemical Engineering 0 0 3 3
Forestry 0 3 0 3
Homeland Security 3 0 0 3
Design & Applied Arts 0 3 0 3
Fine & Studio Arts 0 3 0 3
Agricultural Public Services 0 2 0 2
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 2 0 0 2
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 2 2
Education Philosophy 0 2 0 2
Multilingual Education 2 0 0 2
Industrial Engineering 2 0 0 2
General Family & Consumer Sciences 2 0 0 2
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 0 2 0 2
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 1 1
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 1 0 1
Health Sciences & Services 1 0 0 1
Materials Sciences 1 0 0 1
Agricultural Production 0 0 0 0
Food Science Technology 0 0 0 0
Other Agriculture 0 0 0 0
Soil Sciences 0 0 0 0
Landscape Architecture 0 0 0 0
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 0
Biotechnology 0 0 0 0
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 0
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 0 0
Hospitality Management 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0
General Sales & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Journalism 0 0 0 0
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 0 0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 0 0
Information Science 0 0 0 0
Information Technology 0 0 0 0
Environmental Control Technology 0 0 0 0
Industrial Production Technology 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0
Human Sciences Business Services 0 0 0 0
East Asian Languages 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 0 0
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 0 0 0
Other Health Professions 0 0 0 0
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 0 0
Behavioral Science 0 0 0 0
Cognitive Science 0 0 0 0
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
International Studies 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution 0 0 0 0
Physics 0 0 0 0
General Psychology 0 0 0 0
General Social Sciences 0 0 0 0
Dance 0 0 0 0
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 0
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 551 1,571 938 3,060

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.