肯塔基高校2025-26学年颁发98347个学位与证书 创该州历史新高
据肯塔基州高等教育委员会（CPE）10月13日发布的2025-26学年学位报告，该州高校在2025-26学年共颁发98,347个学位与证书，为该州历史最高纪录，比上一学年增加近4,600个、增幅约5%，比五年前高21%。报告涵盖肯塔基社区与技术学院系统（KCTCS）、州立大学以及肯塔基独立学院与大学协会（AIKCU）成员院校。
分部门看，KCTCS颁发48,109个、同比增长8%；州立大学颁发34,035个、增长7%；AIKCU院校颁发16,203个、同比下降6%，但比五年前高23%。学士学位颁发24,661个、增长5%，为疫情后首次超过疫情前水平。25岁及以上成人学习者获得的证书增至26,282个、增长7%。
CPE主席阿伦·汤普森（Aaron Thompson）表示，这一纪录反映了三个部门教职员工的持续努力，以及学生在兼顾工作与家庭的同时完成学业。报告还显示，KCTCS三年毕业率升至51%，州立大学六年毕业率保持在61%；该州目前已有超过55%的工作年龄成年人持有大专以上证书，州定目标是到2030年达到60%。约六成公立高校毕业生毕业时没有学生贷款债务。
Kentucky Colleges Award Record 98,347 Degrees and Credentials in 2025-26, the Most in State History
Kentucky's colleges and universities awarded 98,347 degrees and credentials in 2025-26, the most in state history, according to the 2025-26 Degrees Report released on October 13 by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). The total is up nearly 4,600 awards, or about 5 percent, from the previous year and 21 percent from five years ago. The report covers the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), the state's public universities and institutions affiliated with the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities (AIKCU).
By sector, KCTCS awarded 48,109 credentials, up 8 percent; public universities awarded 34,035, up 7 percent; and AIKCU institutions awarded 16,203, down 6 percent from last year but up 23 percent over five years. Bachelor's degrees rose 5 percent to 24,661, exceeding pre-pandemic levels for the first time. Credentials awarded to adult learners age 25 and older rose 7 percent to 26,282.
CPE President Aaron Thompson said the record reflects sustained effort by faculty and staff across all three sectors and by students balancing coursework with work and family. The report also shows the KCTCS three-year graduation rate reached 51 percent and the public-university six-year rate held at 61 percent. More than 55 percent of Kentucky's working-age adults now hold a postsecondary credential, against a state goal of 60 percent by 2030, and about six in ten graduates of the state's public institutions finish with no student loan debt.
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