SUCCESS Key Performance Indicator
Undergraduate Degrees & Credentials, continued
INSTITUTION2017-182018-192019-202020-21 Baseline2021-222022-232023-24 Target
University of Kentucky
Overall4,9565,1055,2025,0115,0625,2385,406
URM661740777734723800792
Low-Income1,4571,5011,4991,4521,5071,4411,581
University of Louisville
Overall3,0413,0493,1122,9912,9232,9383,200
URM557553646644620714689
Low-Income1,1841,2001,2321,2041,2171,3571,288
KCTCS
Overall35,41837,12839,29139,45838,09039,92041,600
URM4,0674,3674,6794,8785,2055,8975,263
Low-Income22,98422,73323,98223,78422,64123,05325,020
Statewide (Public Universities)
Overall19,10919,01119,14718,39518,01317,67619,477
URM2,4472,5832,7072,6722,6312,8122,823
Low-Income8,0067,8267,8677,6787,4517,2608,111
Source: Kentucky Postsecondary Education Data System (KPEDS)
Highlights
■ Total bachelor's degrees awarded by public universities in 2022-23 fell 1.9% over the previous year, less steeply than in 2021-22 (-2.1%). Undergraduate degrees awarded to underrepresented minoritized (URM) students at public universities increased by 6.9%, while undergraduate degrees awarded to low-income students decreased by 2.6% over the same period.
■ Credentials awarded by KCTCS were up 4.8% from the previous year. KCTCS URM degrees increased by 13.3%, while degrees awarded to low-income students rose by 1.8% over the same period.
■ Four of the eight public universities increased bachelor's degree production in 2022-23. Murray's baccalaureate degree production was up 8.3%, KSU was up 2%, UK was up 0.5%, and UofL was up 0.2% from the previous year.
■ Four public universities saw bachelor's degree production decline in 2022-23: Morehead's fell by 10%, WKU's by 9.6%, EKU's by 6.7% and NKU's by 5.5% over the previous year.