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Facts & Figures (Fall 2016)

Mission: Kentucky's premier, nationally recognized metropolitan research university
Established: 1798
President: Dr. Gregory C. Postel, interim president
Student Body: 22,640 (Fall 2016)
Average ACT: 25.5 (Fall 2016)
Faculty and Staff: 7,074 (excluding instruction/research assistants)
Alumni: More than 144,000 residing in the United States and around the world
Operating Budget
2015-16:		 $1.3 billion including $132.8 million from the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Endowment: $715.7 million (FY 2016)
Federal Funding: $79.8 million (FY 2016)
Athletic Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference
Mascot: Cardinal

Student Enrollment (Fall 2016)

Total Headcount: 22,640
Full-Time Equivalent: 18,814
Full-Time: 17,406
Part-Time: 5,234
Undergraduate: 16,033
Graduate: 5,808
Post-Doctoral: 155
Male: 11,173
Female: 11,467
African American: 10.2%
All Other Minorities: 12.7%
White: 72.3%
Nonresident Aliens: 4.8%
In-State:* 16,723
Jefferson County: 9,396
All Other Kentucky Counties: 7,327
Out-of-State: 5,917
Indiana Reciprocity: 1,018
Other Out-of-State: 4,899

* - Indicates permanent residence at time of first admission to UofL.

Student Classification (Fall 2016)

Freshman: 3,712
Sophomore: 3,095
Junior: 3,479
Senior: 4,636
Undergraduate-Non-Degree seeking: 591
Post-Baccalaureate-Degree seeking: 266
Post-Baccalaureate-Certificate: 98
Graduate-Non-degree seeking: 220
Master's: 2,894
Specialist: 41
Post-Doctoral: 155
Doctor's Degree Professional Practice
(Medicine, Dentistry, Law):		 1,446
House Staff: 644
TOTAL: 22,640

Academic Schools and Colleges

NameDean
College of Arts and Sciences Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
Brandeis School of Law Susan H. Duncan
College of Business Alan Attaway
School of Dentistry T. Gerard Bradley
College of Education and Human Development Ann Larson
School of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies Beth A. Boehm
Kent School of Social Work David Jenkins
School of Medicine Toni M. Ganzel
School of Music Christopher P. Doane
School of Nursing Marcia J. Hern
School of Public Health and Information Sciences Craig H. Blakely
Speed School of Engineering John S. Usher (acting)
University Libraries Robert E. Fox

Degrees Conferred 2015-16

Doctoral Degree Professional Practice: 392
Doctoral Degree Research/Scholarship: 149
Master's/Specialist: 1,396
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate: 107
Baccalaureate: 2,705
Associate: 26
Certificate: 44
Total:* 4,824

Budget 2016-17

Total: $1,279,294,800

Revenue

Tuition and Fees: $323,722,800
State Appropriations: $132,818,400
Grants and Contracts: $191,000,000
Other (includes clinics, hospital & endowments): $535,353,600
Athletic Revenues: $96,400,000

Expenditures

Salaries: $611,374,179
Fringe Benefits: $155,513,974
Operating Expenses: $349,490,727
Student Financial Aid: $134,899,891
Debt Service: $16,830,375
Hospital Indigent Care: $0
Capital Outlay: $11,185,655
Total: $1,279,294,800

Grants and Contracts (FY 2016)

Funding SourcesNumber of AwardsAmount Received
Federal Government 192 $79,856,007
Federal Flow-through 178 $19,620,489
State Government 30 $4,066,292
Local Government 14 $1,324,510
International 6 $477,286
Industry 43 $9,571,697
Private Non-Profit 102 $8,372,354
Other 6 $471,673
Clinical Trials 337 $10,837,350
Total 908 $134,597,658

Personnel (by IPEDS category) Fall 2016

Full-
Time		Part-
Time		MaleFemaleTotal
Faculty
Professor: 519 30 411 138 549
Associate Professor: 472 37 288 221 509
Assistant Professor: 707 52 395 364 759
Instructor: 126 12 54 84 138
No Academic Rank/Other*: 18 466 210 274 484
Total: 1,842 597 1,358 1,081 2,439
Staff**
Administrator 98 3 58 43 101
Exempt Employee 1,583 49 563 1,069 1,632
Non-exempt employee 1,805 122 658 1,269 1,927
Other*** 952 23 570 405 975
Total: 4,438 197 1,849 2,786 4,635

* -"No Academic Rank/Other" includes lecturers and other teaching staff and excludes instruction/research assistants.

** Staff are categorized by UofL job grade and do not reflect US Department of Education reporting categories

*** Other includes positions such as staff on leave with pay, house staff, research fellows and visiting scholars

Board of Trustees (2017-18)