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Facts & Figures (Fall 2017)

Mission: Kentucky's premier, nationally recognized metropolitan research university
Established: 1798
President: Dr. Gregory C. Postel, interim president
Student Body: 22,459 (Fall 2017)
Average ACT: 25.4 (Fall 2017)
Faculty and Staff: 6,872 (excluding instruction/research assistants)
Alumni: More than 148,000 residing in the United States and around the world
Operating Budget
2016-17:		 $1.2 billion including $133.6 million from the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Endowment: $719 million (FY 2017)
Federal Funding: $77.6 million (FY 2017)
Athletic Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference
Mascot: Cardinal

Student Enrollment (Fall 2016)

Total Headcount: 22,459
Full-Time Equivalent: 18,474
Full-Time: 16,951
Part-Time: 5,508
Undergraduate: 15,738
Graduate: 5,924
Post-Doctoral: 133
Male: 10,957
Female: 11,502
African American: 10.4%
All Other Minorities: 18.5%
White: 71.1%
Nonresident Aliens: 4.5%
In-State:* 16,762
Jefferson County: 9,455
All Other Kentucky Counties: 4,309
Out-of-State: 5,697
Indiana Reciprocity: 979

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

Student Classification (Fall 2016)

Freshman: 3,584
Sophomore: 3,030
Junior: 3,334
Senior: 4,511
Undergraduate-Non-Degree seeking: 523
Post-Baccalaureate-Degree seeking: 214
Post-Baccalaureate-Certificate: 102
Graduate-Non-degree seeking: 270
Master's: 2,873
Specialist: 35
Post-Doctoral: 133
Doctor's Degree Professional Practice
(Medicine, Dentistry, Law):		 1,586
House Staff: 664
TOTAL: 22,459

Academic Schools and Colleges

NameDean
College of Arts and Sciences Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
Brandeis School of Law Lars S. Smith
College of Business Todd Mooradian
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 Gail DePuy
University Libraries Robert E. Fox

Degrees Conferred 2016-17

Doctoral Degree Professional Practice: 350
Doctoral Degree Research/Scholarship: 159
Master's/Specialist: 1,435
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate: 102
Baccalaureate: 3,010
Associate: 15
Certificate: 53
Total:* 5,133

Budget 2017-18

Total: $1,230,835,100

Revenue

Tuition and Fees: $304,165,200
State Appropriations: $133,638,000
Grants and Contracts: $169,095,500
Other (includes clinics, hospital & endowments): $519,430,500
Athletic Revenues: $104,505,900

Expenditures

Salaries: $610,266,200
Fringe Benefits: $149,733,700
Operating Expenses: $315,342,000
Student Financial Aid: $133,279,200
Debt Service: $22,214,000
Hospital Indigent Care: $0
Total: $1,230,835,100

Grants and Contracts (FY 2016)

Funding SourcesNumber of AwardsAmount Received
Federal Government 209 $77,607,505
Federal Flow-through 167 $24,372,983
State Government 41 $14,831,181
Local Government 6 $512,196
International 2 $381,401
Industry 48 $9,605,874
Private Non-Profit 108 $7,464,043
Other 2 $79,000
Clinical Trials 348 $12,949,518
Total 931 $147,803,701

Personnel (by IPEDS category) Fall 2017

Full-
Time		Part-
Time		MaleFemaleTotal
Faculty
Professor: 518 37 413 142 555
Associate Professor: 489 42 300 231 531
Assistant Professor: 662 47 362 347 709
Instructor: 131 7 53 85 138
No Academic Rank/Other*: 14 423 187 250 437
Total: 1,814 556 1,315 1,055 2,370
Staff**
Administrator 87 3 51 39 90
Exempt Employee 1,533 48 540 1,041 1,581
Non-exempt employee 1,701 128 625 1,204 1,829
Other*** 994 8 604 398 1002
Total: 4,315 187 1,820 2,682 4,502

* -"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)