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University of Kentucky

KY · Public · South · National university · 27,386 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate93.5%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2595.9%96.4%94.0%94.9%92.4%92.9%93.5%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action (Dec. 1) · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Test-optionalTest-optional through the 2028-29 academic yearSchool announcement ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Official scores required when you apply

Have the College Board or ACT send official scores when you apply.

School’s words: “Submitted test scores must be official; indicate to the testing service that an official score report should be sent to the University of Kentucky (ACT School Code -1554; SAT School Code - 1837).”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡57%SAT 9% + ACT 48%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT9%
600 students
Submitted ACT48%
357 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1058–1270 median 1165
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
540–650 median 600
500800
SAT Math
510–630 median 580
500800
ACT composite
21–28 median 24
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%80.0%69.3%64.0%57.0%57.0%23.0%23.0%10.0%8.8%9.0%7.0%9.0%88.0%70.0%60.5%55.0%50.0%48.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'19'20'21'22'23'24'251070–1310131010701070–1260126010701080–1310131010801080–1280128010801080–1290129010801070–1270127010701058–127012701058

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3632282420'19'20'21'22'23'24'2522–29292222–29292222–29292221–28282121–28282121–28282121–282821

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2023: 57%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Not reported2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources