College · Public · Frankfort, KY · Town
Kentucky State University
Frankfort, KY
HBCU
Admit rate96%
6-yr median pay$30k
Net price / yr$8k
Undergrad size1,309
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $8k/yr for a shot at a $30k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 96% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 870.
If you get in
1,309 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $22k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $8k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$87k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$32k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$55k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $9.4k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $13.7k
- Room & board
- $8.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,560
How students pay for it.
Pell grants58%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans56%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention62%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr32%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$30k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$36k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out20%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 1,309
- Location
- Frankfort, KY
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- K-State
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black79%
- White8%
- Unknown5%
- Two or more races4%
- Hispanic2%
- International1%
First-gen students40%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time11%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$27k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 23
What you can study.