Fall 2009 -- a Record Setting Year!

The following report comes from Don Witt, Assistant Provost for Enrollment Management and Director of Undergraduate Admission and University Registrar

I am pleased to announce that we set many important undergraduate enrollment records for fall 2009. I want to thank the faculty, staff and students across the campus who have worked collaboratively to reach our goals. Here are some of the highlights:

Record number of freshmen applications at 12,195 = 10% increase
Average ACT rose from 24.4 to 24.7
Record ACT composite mid50 at 22-28 (was 22-27)
Record number of 375 students with a 31-36 ACT composite (28% higher than last year)
Record number of Governor Scholar and Governor School for the Arts = 404 (last year 389)
Record African-American freshmen enrollment at 404 = 17% increase over last year
Record undergraduate African-American enrollment at 1382 = 12% increase over last year
Overall UK African-American enrollment at 1774 = 9% over last year
International freshmen at 44 = 38% increase over last year
Record Hispanic freshmen at 78 = 26% over last year
Undergraduate Hispanic enrollment at 293 = 21% increase over last year
New Transfer enrollment at 1041 = 7% increase over last year
KCTCS transfers at 416 = 15% increase over last year
BCTCS transfers at 243 = 10% increase over last year

The freshmen class size is 4145 with overall UK enrollment at 27,102.

We look forward to working with you as we recruit the fall 2010 class and beyond.