Western Kentucky University

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About

instance of	university public educational institution of the United States
inception	1906
native label	Western Kentucky University
legal form	Corporation (non-profit)
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Bowling Green
street address	1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY, 42101-1000
postal code	42101-1000
coordinate location	36.9836, -86.4575
official website	https://www.wku.edu/ · language of work or name: English http://www.wku.edu · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	17,517 · September 2020 13,660 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	2,347 · September 2020
admission rate	98% · 2020
admission yield rate	37% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	master's colleges and universities: larger programs very high undergraduate postbaccalaureate: comprehensive programs four-year, large, primarily residential four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence

Finances

endowment	$209,503,025 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (1) $227,778,830 · 30 June 2021

Structure and memberships

member of	Association of American Colleges and Universities American Association of State Colleges and Universities
athletics program	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	WKU Center Campas.jpg
logo image	WKU wordmark logo.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (4)

Commons category	Western Kentucky University
topic's main category	Category:Western Kentucky University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Western Kentucky University alumni
social media followers	25,511 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 275979903 · 7 February 2023 Earlier figures (1) 22,719 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 275979903 · 3 January 2021

Identifiers in other databases (36)

App Store developer ID	365191345 · archive URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20190702145146/https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/western-kentucky-university/id365191345
ARWU university ID	western-kentucky-university
domain name	wku.edu
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Western-Kentucky-University · subject named as: Western Kentucky University place/Ogden-College · subject named as: Ogden College
Facebook username	WKUNews
Freebase ID	/m/02t4yc
GeoNames ID	4313077
GRID ID	grid.268184.1
IdRef ID	117755109
Instagram username	wku
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	157951
ISNI	0000000122862224
J9U entity ID	987007461862305171
KISTI ID	K000208383
Legal Entity Identifier	54930085DHCSNMOO0W85
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n79046632
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	94339441
MusicBrainz place ID	c09beca1-64fd-4ee8-b3ac-3c56b44eb557
NL CR AUT ID	kn20110329009 · subject named as: Western Kentucky University ko2011407488 · subject named as: Western Kentucky State College
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100009498
OpenAlex ID	I94339441
OpenStreetMap way ID	313703237
PermID	5057736951
Quora topic ID	Western-Kentucky-University
Ringgold ID	1889
ROR ID	0446vnd56
SEVIS school ID	7658
SNARC ID	Q46918
subreddit	WKU
Threads username	wku
Times Higher Education World University ID	western-kentucky-university
UniRank ID	5614
VIAF cluster ID	132509426
X (Twitter) username	WKU · has characteristic: verified account or profile · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 275979903 · 29 December 2020 wku
‎Scilit organization ID	3347
‎Yale LUX ID	group/e34b1093-3bf4-475b-9a6e-d8c2f9df4a6d