Kentucky State University prepares today's student as global citizens, lifelong learners, and problem solvers.

Kentucky State University, building on its legacy of achievement as a historically Black, liberal arts, and 1890 Land-Grant University, affords access to and prepares a diverse student population of traditional and non-traditional students to compete in a multifaceted, ever-changing global society by providing student-centered learning while integrating teaching, research, and service through high-quality undergraduate and select graduate programs. Kentucky State University is committed to keeping relevant its legacy of service by proactively engaging the community in partnerships on civic projects driven by the objective of positively impacting the quality of life of the citizens of the Commonwealth.

The Kentucky State University community continually demonstrates integrity and ethical leadership by requiring intellectual and personal honesty in every action, every learning, each teaching and each research moment, and in all service.

Kentucky State University empowers each student to be the best thinker, citizen, leader, and lifelong learner.

We see the student as a whole person in mind, body and spirit, developing intellectual, physical/social, and ethical dimensions. KSU values the life the student's mind, his/her health and wellbeing, and his/her ability to maintain and forge balanced social relationships. KSU places him/her at the center of its management systems by designing its operations to match the optimum cultural habits of students' needs. Students have ready access to faculty, essential services, and administrators.