Eastern Kentucky University College Portrait
Eastern Kentucky University521 Lancaster Avenue, Richmond, KY 40475
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- Students
Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend EKU.
- Admissions
See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at EKU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.
- College Costs & Financial Aid
Learn about costs to attend EKU and how much financial aid is typically awarded.
- College Cost Estimator
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- Classes and Campus Life
Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at EKU.
- Student Experiences
Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at EKU – inside and outside the classroom.
- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at EKU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at EKU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at EKU.
EKU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 17 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 80% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 96% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 667 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 52% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 13% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 79% |
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Campus-based Housing
69% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
30% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
Eastern Kentucky University is committed to enhancing the quality of life by providing a safe and secure living, learning, and working environment through professional service to the community. Our goal is to create and maintain community partnerships in an effort to make campus safety an important cornerstone of the University. A proactive approach is taken towards maintaining a safe and secure campus by preventative patrols, community programs, and implementing safety initiatives, including a campus-wide emergency notification systems.
Campus Crime Statistics
Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily residential
- Enrollment Profile
- Very high undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Postbaccalaureate comprehensive