Profile
Facts & Figures
| Mission: | Kentucky's premier, nationally recognized metropolitan research university |
|---|---|
| Established: | 1798 |
| President: | Kim Schatzel, PhD (Effective Feb. 1, 2023) |
| Student Body: | 23,225 |
| Average ACT: | 23.4 (Fall 2023) |
| Faculty and Staff: | 6,976(including instruction/research assistants) |
| Alumni: | More than 170,000 residing in the United States and around the world |
| Operating Budget | $1.6 billion including $145 million from the commonwealth of Kentucky |
| Endowment: | $918 million (FY 2023) |
| Federal Funding: | $98.1 million |
| Athletic Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Mascot: | Cardinal |
Student Enrollment (Fall 2023)
| Total Headcount: | 23,225 |
|---|---|
| Full-Time Equivalent: | 18,560 |
| Full-Time: | 16,811 |
| Part-Time: | 6,414 |
| Undergraduate: | 16,397 |
| Graduate: | 5,968 |
| Post-Doctoral: | 85 |
| Male: | 10,209 |
| Female: | 13,015 |
| Black: | 14.01% |
| All Other Minorities: | 21.16% |
| White: | 60.26% |
| Nonresident Aliens: | 4.57% |
| In-State:* | 16,484 |
| Jefferson County: | 9,693 |
| All Other Kentucky Counties: | 6,671 |
| Out-of-State: | 5,932 |
| Indiana Reciprocity: | 929 |
* - Indicates permanent residence at time of first admission to UofL.
Student Classification (Fall 2023)
| Freshman: | 4,008 |
|---|---|
| Sophomore: | 2,916 |
| Junior: | 3,136 |
| Senior: | 4,064 |
| Undergraduate-Non-Degree seeking: | 347 |
| Post-Baccalaureate-Degree seeking: | 215 |
| Post-Baccalaureate-Certificate: | 173 |
| Graduate-Non-degree seeking: | 62 |
| Master's: | 3,115 |
| Specialist: | 40 |
| Post-Doctoral: | 85 |
| Doctor's Degree Professional Practice (Medicine, Dentistry, Law, Doctor of Social Work, Doctor of Nursing Practice): |
1,650 |
| House Staff: | 775 |
| TOTAL: | 23,225 |
Academic Schools and Colleges
| Name | Dean |
|---|---|
| College of Arts & Sciences | Dayna Touron, PhD |
| Brandeis School of Law | Melanie B. Jacobs, JD |
| College of Business | Jeff Guan, PhD** |
| School of Dentistry | Margaret Hill, DMD** |
| College of Education and Human Development | Amy Lingo, PhD** |
| Graduate School | Beth Boehm, PhD |
| Kent School of Social Work | John W. Miller Jr., PhD |
| School of Medicine | Jeffrey M. Bumpous, MD, FACS |
| School of Music | Teresa Reed, PhD |
| School of Nursing | Mary DeLetter, PhD, RN** |
| School of Public Health and Information Sciences | W. Paul McKinney, MD** |
| Speed School of Engineering | Emmanuel G. Collins, PhD |
| University Libraries | Robert E. Fox, MLS, MBA |
**Interim Dean
Degrees Conferred 2022-23
| Doctoral Degree Professional Practice: | 415 |
|---|---|
| Post Master's Certificate | 8 |
| Doctoral Degree Research/Scholarship: | 159 |
| Master's: | 1,762 |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate: | 400 |
| Baccalaureate: | 2,938 |
| Certificate: | 146 |
| Total:* | 5,828 |
Budget FY 2023-24
| Total: | $1,647,509,201 |
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Revenue
| Tuition and Fees: | $349,751,124 |
|---|---|
| State Appropriations: | $145,051,400 |
| Grants and Contracts: | $235,000,000 |
| Other* | $674,663,677 |
| Athletic Revenues: | $166,100,000 |
| Total | $1,647,509,201 |
* Other includes: Gifts, Endowments and Hospital Affiliation Funds
Expenditures
| Salaries: | $606,306,934 |
|---|---|
| Fringe Benefits: | $173,135,891 |
| Operating Expenses: | $589,419,018 |
| Student Financial Aid: | $168,227,366 |
| Debt Service: | $33,476,992 |
| Total: | $1,647,509,201 |
Grant and Contract Awards (Fall 2023)
| Funding Sources | Number of Awards | Amount Received |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Government | 214 | $98,078,726 |
| Federal Flow-through | 213 | $37,530,280 |
| Industry | 50 | $6,968,050 |
| International | 3 | $74,720 |
| Local Government | 10 | $1,686,955 |
| Other | 3 | $651,397 |
| Private Nonprofit | 102 | $7,509,509 |
| State Government | 39 | $15,355,958 |
| Clinical Trials | 248 | $8,046,868 |
| Total | 882 | $175,902,463 |
Personnel (Fall 2023)
| Full- Time |
Part- Time |
Male | Female | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty | |||||
| Professor: | 499 | 46 | 372 | 173 | 545 |
| Associate Professor: | 529 | 27 | 305 | 251 | 556 |
| Assistant Professor: | 642 | 63 | 337 | 368 | 705 |
| Instructor: | 83 | 7 | 38 | 52 | 90 |
| No Faculty Rank/Other*: | 34 | 725 | 333 | 426 | 759 |
| Total: | 1,787 | 868 | 1,385 | 1,270 | 2,655 |
| Staff** | |||||
| Administrator | 78 | 0 | 43 | 35 | 78 |
| Exempt Employee | 1,755 | 40 | 633 | 1,162 | 1,795 |
| Non-exempt employee | 1,402 | 100 | 537 | 965 | 1,502 |
| Other*** | 941 | 5 | 541 | 405 | 946 |
| Total: | 4,176 | 145 | 1,754 | 2,567 | 4,321 |
* Includes other teaching staff and excludes instruction/research assistants
** Categorized by UofL job grade and does not reflect US Department of Education reporting categories
*** Includes positions such as staff on leave with pay, house staff, research fellows and visiting scholars
Board of Trustees (As of Fall 2023)
Jerry Abramson
Raymond Burse
Larry Benz
Alfonso Cornish
Katie Hayden
Brian F. Lavin
Kevin Ledford
Diane Medley
Eugene Mueller
Mary R. Nixon
Diane L. Porter
James M. Rogers
Sherrill Zimmerman