In addition to its teaching and agriculture departments, KSU offers traditional liberal arts courses, business, computer science, public administration, nursing and pre-professional education for medicine, dentistry, law, engineering and other fields. Kentucky State provides an opportunity for students, including non-traditional students, who otherwise would not have access to college education.
The budget includes General Fund in the amount of $10,381,000 in each fiscal year for Kentucky State University's land grant program. These General Fund dollars are used to match federal funds. This program, along with $473,600 General Fund in each fiscal year to support the Commonwealth's Property and Casualty Insurance Fund premium, make up Kentucky State University's Mandated Programs. In total, the university's Mandated Programs total $10,854,600 in each fiscal year.