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

1,458 Master's Degrees
595 Doctor's Degrees

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University of Louisville Rankings

Out of the 20 colleges in Kentucky, UofL is ranked at #5.

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 UofL.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Most Popular Multicultural & Diversity Studies Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
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#17 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#19 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#23 Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#30 Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#31 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#37 Most Popular Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#47 Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#71 Most Popular Education Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Trade & Industrial Teacher Education Graduate Degree Schools College Factual
#1 Best Franchising and Franchise Operations Graduate Degree Schools College Factual
#29 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools College Factual
#46 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools College Factual
#73 Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools College Factual
#79 Best Education Schools College Factual

Where Is University of Louisville?

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Contact details for UofL are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2301 S 3Rd St, Louisville, KY 40292-0001
Phone: 502-852-5555
Website: www.louisville.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UniversityofLouisville
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uofl

University of Louisville Graduate Student Diversity

6,284 Graduate Students
54% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,284 graduate students at UofL, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 312
Black or African American 678
Hispanic or Latino 318
White 4,266
International Students 425
Other Races/Ethnicities 285

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at University of Louisville. At this time, 37 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 81 countries are represented at UofL. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Iran.

Online Learning at University of Louisville

4,844 Took All Classes Online
16,918 Took At Least One Class Online
106.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 16,918 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 14th 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 Affordability Rankings of UofL

The following table shows how UofL is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics #4 #4
Ethnic Studies #19 #19
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies #22 #25
Civil Engineering #37 #34
Computer Engineering #46 #49
Biological & Biomedical Sciences #52 #55
General Business/Commerce #55 #109
Social Work #55 #55
Communication & Media Studies #66 #72
Sociology #70 #67

Online Growth Rankings of UofL

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Louisville was 106.9%. This is the #267 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UofL regardless of major.

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

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management 18%
Educational Administration 30%
Entrepreneurial Studies 76%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UofL ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UofL.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies #1
Ethnic Studies #1
Computer Software & Applications #4
Geography & Cartography #4
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics #7
Entrepreneurial Studies #7
General Business/Commerce #7
Civil Engineering #7
Sociology #7
Communication & Media Studies #10
Teaching English or French #10
Computer Engineering #10
Biological & Biomedical Sciences #13
Engineering-Related Fields #16
Social Work #19
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies #20
Health & Physical Education #20
Information Technology #25
Engineering #25
Public Health #26
Communication & Journalism #28
Engineering Technologies #28
Accounting #31
Social Sciences #32
Criminal Justice & Corrections #36
Psychology #37
Public Administration & Social Service #42
Educational Administration #43
Special Education #44
Computer & Information Sciences #48
Teacher Education Subject Specific #50
Teacher Education Grade Specific #50
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting #61
Nursing #85
Business Administration & Management #123
Business, Management & Marketing #157
Education #175
Health Professions #182

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 Louisville Graduate Concentrations

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

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Social Work 0 195 6 201
Educational Administration 39 120 27 186
General Business/Commerce 0 167 0 167
Medicine 0 0 161 161
Teacher Education Subject Specific 13 130 0 143
Dentistry 0 0 127 127
Law 0 0 112 112
Criminal Justice & Corrections 55 32 5 92
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 11 68 0 79
Nursing 3 25 41 69
Student Counseling 0 55 5 60
Engineering-Related Fields 0 58 0 58
Health & Physical Education 0 55 0 55
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 54 0 54
Business Administration & Management 49 0 0 49
Computer Engineering 0 40 5 45
Mechanical Engineering 0 37 5 42
Civil Engineering 3 32 3 38
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 35 2 37
Mental & Social Health Services 0 32 0 32
Communication Sciences 0 24 7 31
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 6 19 4 29
Electrical Engineering 0 24 4 28
Accounting 16 10 0 26
Music 0 25 0 25
General Biology 0 9 12 21
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 0 21 0 21
Special Education 1 18 0 19
Public Health 0 18 0 18
Entrepreneurial Studies 15 0 2 17
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 2 14 0 16
Biomedical Engineering 0 15 0 15
General English Literature 0 15 0 15
Physics 0 8 7 15
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 8 5 13
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 3 9 12
Industrial Engineering 0 8 4 12
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 12 0 0 12
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 7 5 12
Chemistry 0 5 7 12
Computer Software & Applications 9 0 0 9
Sociology 0 4 4 8
Information Technology 7 0 0 7
Chemical Engineering 0 5 2 7
Political Science & Government 0 7 0 7
Fine & Studio Arts 0 7 0 7
Urban & Regional Planning 0 6 0 6
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 3 3 6
Communication & Media Studies 0 6 0 6
Mathematics 0 6 0 6
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 2 4 6
Writing Studies 0 0 5 5
History 2 3 0 5
Child Development & Psychology 0 4 1 5
Public Administration 0 5 0 5
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 3 1 4
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 3 1 4
Real Estate 3 0 0 3
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 3 3
Romance Languages 0 3 0 3
Urban Studies 0 0 3 3
Environmental Engineering 2 0 0 2
Ethnic Studies 0 0 2 2
Geography & Cartography 0 2 0 2
Drama & Theater Arts 0 2 0 2
Area Studies 1 0 0 1
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 1 0 0 1
Applied Mathematics 0 0 1 1
Anthropology 0 1 0 1
Computer Information Systems 0 0 0 0
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 0
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 0 0 0
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 0 0 0
Medieval Studies 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 250 1,458 595 2,303

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.

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