Kentucky State University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Kentucky State University

Kentucky State University operates as a public institution located in Frankfort, Kentucky (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,309 students of which 1,920 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Kentucky State University is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 96.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 870. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $8,040, with published in-state tuition of $9,387 and a Pell grant recipient share of 58.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,938, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 29.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 63.7%. Graduates earn a median of $36,382 ten years after enrolling, compared with $29,640 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 173000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 41.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.