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| Mission: | Kentucky's premier, nationally recognized metropolitan research university |
| Established: | 1798 |
| President: | Gerry Bradley (Effective Mar. 26, 2025) |
| Student Body: | 24,123 |
| Average ACT: | 23.4 (Fall 2024) |
| Faculty and Staff: | 7,231 (including instruction/research assistants) |
| Alumni: | 172,857 residing in the United States and around the world |
| Operating Budget | $1.7 billion including $176.5 million from the commonwealth of Kentucky |
| Endowment: | $1 billion (FY 2024) |
| Federal Funding: | $113.5 million |
| Athletic Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Mascot: | Cardinal |
Fall 2024
| Total Headcount: | 24,123 |
| Full-Time Equivalent: | 19,236 |
| Full-Time: | 17,322 |
| Part-Time: | 6,801 |
| Undergraduate: | 17,248 |
| Graduate: | 5,981 |
| Post-Doctoral: | 89 |
| Male: | 10,615 |
| Female: | 13,508 |
| Black: | 14.7% |
| All Other Minorities: | 26.3% |
| White: | 59.0% |
| Nonresident Aliens: | 4.9% |
| In-State:* | 16,779 |
| Jefferson County: | 10,367 |
| All Other Kentucky Counties: | 6,412 |
| Out-of-State: | 6,304 |
| Indiana Reciprocity: | 1,040 |
* - Indicates permanent residence at time of first admission to UofL.
Fall 2024
| Freshman: | 3,830 |
| Sophomore: | 3,287 |
| Junior: | 3,381 |
| Senior: | 4,083 |
| Undergraduate-Non-Degree seeking: | 373 |
| Post-Baccalaureate-Degree seeking: | 270 |
| Post-Baccalaureate-Certificate: | 140 |
| Graduate-Non-degree seeking: | 91 |
| Master's: | 3,134 |
| Specialist: | 41 |
| Post-Doctoral: | 89 |
| Doctor's Degree Professional Practice (Medicine, Dentistry, Law, Doctor of Social Work, Doctor of Nursing Practice): | 1,671 |
| House Staff: | 805 |
| TOTAL: | 24,123 |
| Name | Dean |
| College of Arts & Sciences | Dayna Touron, PhD |
| Brandeis School of Law | Melanie B. Jacobs, JD |
| College of Business | Amy Henley, PhD** |
| School of Dentistry | Margaret Hill, DMD*** |
| College of Education & Human Development | Tabitha Grier-Reed, PhD |
| Graduate School | Beth Boehm, PhD |
| Kent School of Social Work & Family Science | John W. Miller Jr., PhD |
| School of Medicine | Jeffrey M. Bumpous, MD, FACS** |
| School of Music | Krista Wallace-Boaz, PhD*** |
| School of Nursing | Whitney Nash, PhD |
| School of Public Health & Information Sciences | Kathy Baumgartner, PhD *** |
| Speed School of Engineering | Emmanuel G. Collins, PhD |
| University Libraries | Robert E. Fox, MLS, MBA |
*Interim Dean
**Changed since latest publication of Just the Facts
2023-2024 Academic Year
| Doctoral Degree Professional Practice: | 449 |
|---|---|
| Post Master's Certificate | 4 |
| Doctoral Degree Research/Scholarship: | 160 |
| Master's: | 1,628 |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate: | 435 |
| Baccalaureate: | 2,787 |
| Certificate: | 169 |
| Total:* | 5,632 |
Fiscal Year 2024-25
| Total: | $1,726,534,737 |
|---|
Revenue
| Tuition and Fees: | $373,106,456 |
|---|---|
| State Appropriations: | $176,483,300 |
| Grants and Contracts: | $251,177,251 |
| Other* | $663,157,631 |
| Athletic Revenues: | $144,980,574 |
| Total | $1,726,534,737 |
* Other includes: Gifts, Endowments and Hospital Affiliation Funds
Expenditures
| Salaries: | $652,105,396 |
|---|---|
| Fringe Benefits: | $177,269,153 |
| Operating Expenses: | $566,456,838 |
| Student Financial Aid: | $180,727,331 |
| Debt Service: | $32,346,494 |
| Total: | $1,726,534,737 |
Fall 2024
| Funding Sources | Number of Awards | Amount Received |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Government | 220 | $113,540,696 |
| Federal Flow-through | 200 | $32,400,426 |
| Industry | 48 | $5,858,903 |
| International | 1 | $48,226 |
| Local Government | 7 | $1,829,718 |
| Other | 2 | $59,718 |
| Private Nonprofit | 110 | $7,960,488 |
| State Government | 38 | $18,415,763 |
| Clinical Trials | 280 | $180,113,938 |
| Total | 906 | $188,375,658 |
Fall 2024
| Full-time | Part-time | Male | Female | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty | |||||
| Professor: | 546 | 47 | 400 | 193 | 593 |
| Associate Professor: | 525 | 38 | 301 | 262 | 563 |
| Assistant Professor: | 725 | 63 | 371 | 417 | 788 |
| Instructor: | 72 | 7 | 31 | 48 | 79 |
| No Faculty Rank/Other*: | 15 | 651 | 273 | 393 | 666 |
| Total: | 1,883 | 806 | 1,385 | 1,313 | 2,689 |
| Staff** | |||||
| Administrator | 80 | 0 | 44 | 36 | 80 |
| Exempt Employee | 1,840 | 31 | 651 | 1,220 | 1,871 |
| Non-exempt employee | 1,509 | 98 | 582 | 1,025 | 1,607 |
| Other*** | 979 | 5 | 535 | 449 | 984 |
| Total: | 4,408 | 134 | 1,812 | 2,730 | 4,542 |
* Includes other teaching staff and excludes instruction/research assistants
** Categorized by UofL job grade and does not reflect U.S. Department of Education reporting categories
*** Includes positions such as staff on leave with pay, house staff, research fellows and visiting scholars