FALL 2023 RETENTION and GRADUATION (PRELIMINARY)
OVERALL DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES CONFERRED
GRADUATION RATES BY COHORT TERM
In 2010-2011, UK awarded a little over 5,800 total degrees and certificates. In 2022-2023, that number was a record, reaching almost 9,500.
Our first-generation enrollment trajectory has propelled degree and certificate production from about 1,200 in 2017-18 to almost 1,900 in 2022-23. Our URM population earned more than 1,400 credentials, based on 2022-23 preliminary data, a 251% increase since 2010-2011
This year, the second fall retention will be a record 87 percent, according to preliminary figures.
FIRST GEN DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES CONFERRED
For the first time in our history, we are marking a six-year graduation rate of 70 percent – a number that places us among the top 100 public institutions – and top 20 percent – in the country, based on the most recent data.
Four-year graduation rates have increased by 27 percentage points; five-year rates have increased by 17 percentage points and six-year rates have increased by more than 12 percentage points.
SECOND FALL RETENTION RATE
URM DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES CONFERRED
DEGREES/CERTIFICATES CONFERRED
FALL 2006 FALL 2007 FALL 2008 FALL 2009 FALL 2010 FALL 2011 FALL 2012 FALL 2013 FALL 2014 FALL 2015 FALL 2016 FALL 2017 FALL 2018 FALL 2019 Graduated % 6 Years Graduated % 5 Years Graduated % 4 Years CPE 2023-24 Strategic Agenda Target Graduated % 6 Years – 70% Preliminary Value 9500 9000 8500 8000 7500 7000 6500 6000 5500 5000 4500 4000 3500
DEGREES/CERTIFICATES CONFERRED DEGREES/CERTIFICATES CONFERRED
Preliminary Value CPE 2023-24 Strategic Agenda Target Retained % 2nd Fall – 87% 2ND FALL RETENTION RATE
FALL 2023 ENROLLMENT (PRELIMINARY)
FIRST-YEAR STUDENT ENROLLMENT GROWTH
FIRST-YEAR STUDENT ENROLLMENT
A record number of firstyear students are attending the University of Kentucky, according to preliminary figures. Nearly 6,500 firstyear students are at UK to open this fall, about 400 more students than last year and exceeding 6,000 for the second year in a row. For context, in 2010, we enrolled just over 4,300 first-year students.
We have grown from just over 28,000 students in fall 2010 to a record 34,000 students this fall, according to preliminary numbers. Our undergraduate population is a record as well, exceeding 24,000 students enrolled.
UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION ENROLLMENT GROWTH
Nearly 25 percent of our first-year students at UK are first-generation students— an increase in both number and percentage compared to last year. Nearly 19 percent of UK’s first-year student population is an underrepresented minority, also an increase in number and percentage compared to last year.
5500 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 FIRST GEN URM % OF POPULATION BY TERM % STUDENT COUNT CHANGE FROM FALL 2022
STUDENT COUNT OVERALL ENROLLMENT STUDENT COUNT STUDENT COUNT STUDENT COUNT
