The university has experienced an increase in applications for transfer admission over last year. At this time last year the Office of Admissions had a total transfer student applicant pool of 234 as compared to 311 applications received this year to date. This represents a 33% increase over last year. The total number of acceptances at this time last year was 34 as compared to 48 acceptances this year to date. This represents a 41% increase.
The university hosted Spring Open House on April 5, 2014 with a total of 242 individuals in attendance.
OA staff has attended a total of 255 recruitment events this semester to date in the following states: KY, OH, IN, MO, NY, NJ, IL, VA, DC, MD, TX, MI, DE, PA, CA, and NV.
OA participated in the Commonwealth of Kentucky's "Transfer Madness" virtual college recruitment event. Over 40 transfer students interested in attending KSU were served.
OA has launched a new initiative with the ministerial alliance of the Greater Kentucky area in Lexington named PURPOSE (Populations Understanding Real Possibilities of Scholarship and Education). The goals of the new initiative are to increase the number (minimum of 250 students) of academically prepared (3.0 and above GPA & 21 and above ACT test scores) students who enroll at Kentucky State University at the undergraduate level, to provide a local information source for prospective students, applicants and enrolled students and their families, to facilitate communication between Kentucky State University and the churches in the Greater Lexington Area and to effectively market the unique competitive academic offerings of the University through various churches in the Greater Lexington Area.