Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities. It is the institution with the highest enrollment in the state, with 35,952 students in the fall of 2024.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
1989
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
198900
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
157085
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
117724

Location

Lexington, KY, 40506-0032

38.038911, -84.504747

Accreditation

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

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