COMPARISON GROUP

Comparison group data are included to provide a context for interpreting your institution's statistics. If your institution did not define a custom comparison group for this report by July 13, 2018 NCES selected a comparison group for you. (In this case, the characteristics used to define the comparison group appears below.) The Customize Data Feedback Report functionality on the IPEDS Data Center at this provided link (https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/) can be used to reproduce the figures in this report using different peer groups.

The custom comparison group chosen by Kentucky State University includes the following 15 institutions:

Allen University (Columbia, SC) Elizabeth City State University (Elizabeth City, NC) Huston-Tillotson University (Austin, TX) Jarvis Christian College (Hawkins, TX) Lane College (Jackson, TN) Livingstone College (Salisbury, NC) Miles College (Fairfield, AL) Mississippi Valley State University (Itta Bena, MS) Paine College (Augusta, GA) Shaw University (Raleigh, NC) Southern University at New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, AL) Texas College (Tyler, TX) Virginia University of Lynchburg (Lynchburg, VA) Wiley College (Marshall, TX)

Wiley College (Marshall, TX)

The figures in this report have been organized and ordered into the following topic areas:

1) Admissions (only for non-open-admissions schools)Fig. 1 and 2Pg. 3
2) Student EnrollmentFig. 3 and 4Pg. 3 and 4
3) AwardsFig. 5Pg. 4
4) Charges and Net PriceFig. 6 and 7Pg. 4
5) Student Financial AidFig. 8 and 9Pg. 5
6) Military Benefits*[No charts applicable]
7) Retention and Graduation RatesFig. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18Pg. 5, 6, 7 and 8
8) FinanceFig. 19 and 20Pg. 9
9) StaffFig. 21 and 22Pg. 9
10) Libraries*Fig. 23 and 24Pg. 10

*These figures only appear in customized Data Feedback Reports (DFR), which are available through Use the Data portal on the IPEDS website.