2025 Tuition & fees

The 2025 tuition & fees at UK is $13,502 for Kentucky residents and $34,140 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 2.20% from last year.
The next table shows the 2025 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at UK.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at University of Kentucky Cost of Attendance page.
University of Kentucky 2025 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Kentucky ResidentsOut-of-StateKentucky ResidentsOut-of-State
2021$12,484$31,294$13,538$33,216
2022$12,610$31,608$13,674$33,548
2023$12,859$32,276$13,946$34,259
2024$13,212$33,406$14,330$35,459
2025$13,502$34,140$14,644$36,238

Tuition per Credit Hour

The 2025 undergraduate tuition per credit hour at University of Kentucky is $505 for Kentucky residents and $1,364 for out-of-state students. The undergraduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 2.10% from last year.
The 2025 graduate tuition per credit hour is $737 for Kentucky residents and $1,936 for out-of-state students. The graduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 2.16% from last year.
The next table and chart show the 2025 tuition per credit hour and its trends over last 5 years at University of Kentucky.
University of Kentucky 2025 Tuition per Credit Hour
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Kentucky ResidentsOut-of-StateKentucky ResidentsOut-of-State
2021$464$1,248$678$1,771
2022$470$1,261$685$1,789
2023$480$1,289$700$1,829
2024$495$1,336$722$1,895
2025$505$1,364$737$1,936

Offered Online Programs

University of Kentucky offers 428 major programs through Certificate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post Graduate Certificate degrees/programs. Of that, 40 online programs are offering via distance learning (online classes).
You can view all major programs at University of Kentucky at Area of Study & Major Program page with completer and earning after graduation information.
Number of Online ProgramsNumber of Total Programs
Bachelor's1116
Master's12124
Doctorate (Research)170
Doctorate (Professional)28
1 Year Certificate433
Post-BS Certificate1974
Post-MS Certificate13
Total40428

Online Student Population

There are 34,709 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at UK. Of that, 5,063 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 13,126 students have joined to some online courses and 16,520 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2023-2024.
Online Student Population at University of Kentucky
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total34,70925,5349,175
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes5,0631,5083,555
Enrolled Some in Online Classes13,12612,0801,046
Not Enrolled in Online Classes16,52011,9464,574
Online Student Population by Student Location at University of Kentucky
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)5,0631,5083,555
Kentucky Residents2,6001,2741,326
Other State in U.S.2,4132292,184
Outside of U.S.44539
Unknown606