Profile

Facts & Figures

Mission: Kentucky's premier, nationally recognized metropolitan research university
Established: 1798
President: James R. Ramsey
Student Body: 21,761 (Fall 2008)
Average ACT: 24.4
Faculty and Staff: 6,174 (excluding instruction/research assistants)
Alumni: More than 100,000 residing in the United States and around the world
Operating Budget
2005-06:
$934.6 million, including $186.4 million from the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Endowment: $593.3 million (FY 2008)
Federal Funding: $70.6 million (excluding financial aid)
Athletic Conference: Big East
Mascot: Cardinal

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Student Enrollment (Fall 2008)

Total Headcount: 21, 761
Full-Time Equivalent: 17,540
First Time in College:-Degree-seeking: 2,580
First Time in College-Freshman: 2,544
Full-Time: 16,027
Part-Time: 5,734
Undergraduate: 15,495
Graduate: 4,305
Professional: 1,961
Male: 10,447
Female: 11,314
African American: 2,418
All Other Minorities
(includes Nonresident Aliens): 		1,144
White: 16,743
Nonresident Aliens: 1,001
Not Reported : 455
In-State:* 17,259
Jefferson County: 10,278
All Other Kentucky Counties: 6,981
Out-of-State: 4,502
Indiana Reciprocity: 1,091
Other Out-of-State: 3,411

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

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Student Classification

Freshman: 4,106
Sophomore: 3,025
Junior: 3,068
Senior: 3,972
Undergraduate-Non-Degree seeking: 382
Post-Baccalaureate-Degree seeking: 388
Post-Baccalaureate-Certificate: 92
Post-Baccalaureate-Non-degree seeking: 299
Master's: 2,822
Specialist: 12
Post Master's Certificate 0
Doctoral: 1,074
Post-Doctoral: 118
Graduate-Non-Degree: 279
First-Professional
(Medicine, Dentistry, Law): 		1,340
House Staff: 591
Dental—Non-degree 23
Law—Non-Degree: 7
Auditor: 10
High School (Dual Enrolled): 153
TOTAL: * 21,761

* - Total does not include students enrolled in the UofL/WKU joint engineering program

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Academic Schools and Colleges

Name Dean
College of Arts and Sciences J. Blaine Hudson
Brandeis School of Law Jim Chen
College of Business R. Charles Moyer
School of Dentistry John J. Sauk
College of Education and Human Development W. Blake Hazelton (interim)
School of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies William M. Pierce
Kent School of Social Work Terry L. Singer
School of Medicine Edward C. Halperin
School of Music Christopher P. Doane
School of Nursing Marcia J. Hern
School of Public Health and Information Sciences Richard D. Clover
Speed School of Engineering Mickey Wilhelm
University Libraries Hannelore Rader

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Degrees Conferred 2007-08

Professional: 343
Doctorate: 151
Post Master's Certificate 4
Master's/Specialist: 1,369
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate: 109
Baccalaureate: 2,298
Associate: 19
Certificate: 31
Total:* 4,324

* - Includes 10 baccalaureate degrees earned in the UofL/WKU joint engineering program..

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University Libraries

The university has extensive holdings among its six academic libraries:

  • William F. Ekstrom Main Library
  • Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library
  • Kornhauser Health Sciences Library
  • Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Library
  • Dwight Anderson Memorial Music Library
  • University Archives and Records Center
Volumes
2,191,091
Serials
47,062

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Budget

Total:
$934,679,200
Revenue
Tuition and Fees:
$187,086,300
State Appropriations:
$186,491,900
Grants and Contracts:
$169,000,000
Other (includes clinics, hospital & endowments):
$341,530,000
Athletic Revenues:
$50,571,000
Expenditures
Salaries:
$445,580,051
Fringe Benefits:
$111,076,975
Operating Expenses:
$250,663,214
Student Financial Aid:
$78,948,557
Debt Service:
$15,798,197
Hospital:
$21,169,800
Capital Outlay:
$11,442,406

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Grants and Contracts (Fiscal Year 2008)

Funding Sources Number of Awards Amount Received
Federal Government 249
$70,657,932
Federal Flowthrough 183
$20,361,325
State Government 60
$9,854,168
Local Government 24
$1,121,056
International 10
$1,104,592
Industry 53
$5,314,126
Private Nonprofit 128
$6,939,513
Other 2
$100,000
Clinical Trials 306
$5,331,448
Total 1015
$120,784,160

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Personnel (by IPEDS category) Fall 2008

  Full-
Time		 Part-
Time		 Male Female African
American		 Asian/ Pacific Islander White Other Min.** Total***
Faculty                  
Professor:
500
29
427
102
17
54
444
14
529
Associate Professor:
403
23
273
153
34
64
317
11
426
Assistant Professor:
504
54
306
252
32
114
396
16
558
Instructor:
142
13
57
98
15
16
118
6
155
Lecturer*:
1
7
3
5
0
0
8
0
8
No Academic Rank/Other*:
2
446
218
230
29
15
394
10
448
Total:
1,552
572
1,284
840
127
263
1,677
57
2,124
Staff                  
Administrative/
Managerial:		 114 3 76 41 12 1 103 1 117
Professional/
Non-Faculty:		 1,990 122 703 1,409 215 157 1,723 15 2,112
Secretarial/
Clerical:		 612 101 75 638 111 8 580 13 713
Technical: 347 111 138 320 74 23 350 8 458
Skilled
Crafts:		 149 2 146 5 16 1 131 2 151
Service/
Maintenance:		 303 196 339 160 211 4 276 8 499
Total: 3,515 535 1,477 2,573 639 194 3,163 47 4,050

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

** -Includes Native American/Alaskan Native and Hispanic race/ethnicities.

*** -Total counts include 11 unspecified race/ethnicities.

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Board of Trustees (2008-09)

  • Owsley Brown Frazier , Chair
  • Marie K. Abrams
  • Jonathan Blue
  • Ron Butt
  • Brent Fryrear
  • Salem George
  • Margaret Handmaker
  • Robert Curtis Hughes
  • Rebecca Jackson
  • Melissa Laning
  • Jessica S. Loving
  • Frank Minnifield
  • Brucie Moore
  • Steve Poe
  • J. Chester Porter
  • Debbie Scoppechio
  • William Selvidge
  • Sandra Metts Snowden
  • Rudy Spencer
  • William Stone

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