2024 Tuition & fees

The 2024 tuition & fees at Kentucky is $13,212 for Kentucky residents and $33,406 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 3.50% from last year.
The next table shows the 2024 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at Kentucky.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at University of Kentucky Cost of Attendance page.
University of Kentucky 2024 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Kentucky ResidentsOut-of-StateKentucky ResidentsOut-of-State
2020$12,360$30,680$13,404$32,564
2021$12,484$31,294$13,538$33,216
2022$12,610$31,608$13,674$33,548
2023$12,859$32,276$13,946$34,259
2024$13,212$33,406$14,330$35,459

Tuition per Credit Hour

The 2024 undergraduate tuition per credit hour at University of Kentucky is $495 for Kentucky residents and $1,336 for out-of-state students. The undergraduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 3.65% from last year.
The 2024 graduate tuition per credit hour is $722 for Kentucky residents and $1,895 for out-of-state students. The graduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 3.61% from last year.
The next table and chart show the 2024 tuition per credit hour and its trends over last 5 years at University of Kentucky.
University of Kentucky 2024 Tuition per Credit Hour
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Kentucky ResidentsOut-of-StateKentucky ResidentsOut-of-State
2020$459$1,223$670$1,732
2021$464$1,248$678$1,771
2022$470$1,261$685$1,789
2023$480$1,289$700$1,829
2024$495$1,336$722$1,895

Offered Online Programs

University of Kentucky offers 400 major programs through Certificate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post Graduate Certificate degrees/programs. Of that, 40 online programs are offering via distance learning (online classes).
You can view all major programs at University of Kentucky at Area of Study & Major Program page with completer and earning after graduation information.
Number of Online ProgramsNumber of Total Programs
Bachelor's1109
Master's12117
Doctorate (Research)168
Doctorate (Professional)28
1 Year Certificate431
Post-BS Certificate1964
Post-MS Certificate13
Total40400

Online Student Population

There are 31,547 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at Kentucky. Of that, 4,064 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 9,547 students have joined to some online courses and 17,936 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2022-2023.
Online Student Population at University of Kentucky
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total31,54722,7358,812
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes4,0641,0183,046
Enrolled Some in Online Classes9,5478,4821,065
Not Enrolled in Online Classes17,93613,2354,701
Online Student Population by Student Location at University of Kentucky
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)4,0641,0183,046
Kentucky Residents2,1158891,226
Other State in U.S.1,8931261,767
Outside of U.S.54252
Unknown211