Class of 2017 Profile Sheet
WKU is home to the only Honors College in the Commonwelth of Kentucky. Created in 2007, the Honors College at WKU provides an intimate, highly active learning environment where high-achieving students can develop the skills to prepare them for success in the nation’s top academic and career opportunities.
Membership by Academic College # % College of Education and Behavioral Sciences College of Health and Human Services Gordon Ford College of Business Ogden College of Science and Engineering Potter College of Arts and Letters University College
26 51 27 131 95 27
7% 11% 9% 34% 30% 9%
Top Ten Producing Public High Schools Apollo High School Bowling Green High School Central Hardin High School Greenwood High School Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
253
Male Female
Ethnicity: Asian Black Hispanic White Not Reported Two-or-more Races
Residency: In-State Out-of-State* International
Assumption High School, Louisville, KY Bethlehem High School, Bardstown, KY Christian Academy of Louisvile Covington Catholic High School Homeschool
3.86
Gender:
Pulaski County High School Scott County High School South Warren High School Southwestern Pulaski County High School Warren Central High School
Top Ten Producing Private High Schools
Average High School GPA
Student Demographics # %
Mercy Academy, Louisville, KY Presentation Academy, Louisville, KY Somerset Christian School Trinity Christian School, Lexington, KY Trinity High School, Louisville, KY
Minton Hall Non-honors Hall Living Off Campus
37% 63%
5 2 6 326 4 14
1% 1% 2% 91% 1% 4%
311 44 2
87% 13% <1%
281 43 33
78% 12% 10%
*Other locations include: FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MO, OH, OK, TN, TX,
19
Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science Graduates (Ranked #1 high school in the nation by Newsweek)
Full Tuition or Higher Academic Scholarships
WKU Residency:
133 224
64
29/1300
6
Average ACT/SAT Score
Kentucky Governor’s Scholars
National Merit Semi-Finalists
357
First Time, First Year Freshman
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