University of Louisville
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 14.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 198 Title IV programs, 61 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 137 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing61 · 30.8%
- No Data137 · 69.2%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 26
Action history · 47
- Nov 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Aug 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Prosthodontics (including maxillofacial prosthetics and combined prosthodontics/maxillofacial prosthetics)
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
- Aug 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Aug 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Pediatric Dentistry
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 6,274 students received $36.2M in Pell grants, alongside $149.6M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 3,989 borrowers who entered repayment, 69 (1.7%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at University of Louisville
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 13
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus133
- Non-campus6
- Public property30
Includes 13 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Religion2
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Unitas Towers1 fireOpen flamesDamage $0-$99
- University Towers Apartments1 fireMachinery/IndustrialDamage $100-$999
- Family Scholar House1 fireCookingDamage $10,000-$24,999
Data quality: 5 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
University of Louisville vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions University of Louisville selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Louisville | 61% | — | 23,065 | $17,988 | R1 Research |
| 71% | 92.9% | 34,709 | $18,851 | R1 Research | |
| 46% | 90.4% | 23,743 | $14,638 | R1 Research | |
| 72% | 96.6% | 26,449 | $13,314 | R1 Research | |
| 64% | 89.0% | 23,643 | $15,634 | R1 Research | |
| 67% | 77.6% | 23,150 | $17,595 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 66% | 90.4% | 23,693 | $16,615 |
Institutions like University of Louisville
Explore the federal data for institutions in University of Louisville's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchKentucky
University of Kentucky
Grad rate71%Admit rate92.9%Enrollment34,709Net price$18,851View data - R1 ResearchVirginia
Old Dominion University
Grad rate46%Admit rate90.4%Enrollment23,743Net price$14,638View data - R1 ResearchMississippi
University of Mississippi
Grad rate72%Admit rate96.6%Enrollment26,449Net price$13,314View data - R1 ResearchWest Virginia
West Virginia University
Grad rate64%Admit rate89.0%Enrollment23,643Net price$15,634View data - R1 ResearchMississippi
Mississippi State University
Grad rate67%Admit rate77.6%Enrollment23,150Net price$17,595View data
University of Louisville Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The University of Louisville's Office of Academic Planning & Accountability provides access to institutional data through tools like Cards Analytics, which features key metrics, and Just the Facts, an annually published descriptive data report. The office also offers resources such as the Common Data Set and facilitates data requests.
Visit IR office page- Robert S. GoldsteinVice Provost for Assessment and University Decision Support/Analytics
- Becky PattersonExecutive Director, Institutional Research, Analytics, and Decision Support
- Erika RuffinAssociate Director, Institutional Research, Analytics, and Decision Support
- Steve FryAssistant Director, Institutional Analytics
- Katie BixbySenior Institutional Research Analyst
- Justin JohnsonSenior Institutional Research Analyst
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