Enrollment in Kentucky’s public university and community colleges are up for the 2024 Fall semester.
The Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) announced a 3.9 percent increase in undergraduate enrollment at Kentucky public universities and a 4.9 percent increase in community and technical college enrollment for the 2024 fall semester.
According to CPE figures, campuses saw record enrollments for first-time, minority and dual credit students, and enrollment of non-traditional adult students, a key demographic for meeting Kentucky’s educational attainment goal, grew eight percent after several years of declines.
Kentucky’s private, non-profit sector increased undergraduate enrollment by 6.1 percent, according to Mason Dyer, president of the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities, who spoke at the CPE meeting. Dyer’s presentation also highlighted gains in undergraduate and graduate degree production.
By Tom Latek, Kentucky Today
