Western Kentucky University College Portrait
Western Kentucky University1906 College Heights Blvd. Bowling Green, KY 42101
(270) 745-2551
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- Admissions
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- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
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- Student Success & Progress
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- Student Learning Outcomes
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WKU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 19 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 76% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 95% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 771 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 49% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 18% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 70% |
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Campus-based Housing
74% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
29% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
Western Kentucky University is committed to providing a safe, secure environment for its students, faculty, staff and visitors. WKU’s Police Department employs 28 professionally trained full-time police officers. The Mission of the WKU Police Department is to provide a safe and secure atmosphere that is conducive to learning and teaching. Furthermore, the University Police Department is committed to providing a “Community Policing
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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
- Balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Postbaccalaureate comprehensive