
Coaching staff
- Lee WoodHead Cross Country Coach/ Director of XCTF
- Jeff HendersonAssistant Coach - Sprints/Jumps
- Brittany HendersonAssistant Coach - Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps
- Rashaud ScottAssistant Coach - Throws
- Nico MoralesAssistant Coach - Pole Vault
Campus and facilities
There are five academic colleges and more than 170 undergraduate areas of study at WKU.
- Established
- 1906
- Website
- wku.edu
Facilities
Academics
Language
English is the language of instruction at WKU
Fields of study
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Admissions and graduation
- Acceptance rate, fall 2024
- 94%
- ACT middle 50%, fall 2024
- 16–21
- SAT reading middle 50%, fall 2024
- 420–530
- SAT math middle 50%, fall 2024
- 420–520
- Graduated within six years
- 56%
Graduation rate for full-time students who started in fall 2018. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Cost
Tuition and fees, 2024–25
- In-state
- $11,652 USD
- Out-of-state
- $27,000 USD
- International (same as out-of-state)
- $27,000 USD
Full cost for a first-year student
- Cost of attendance, 2023–24
- $24,188 USD
- Average net price, 2023–24
- $10,990 USD
Cost of attendance is tuition, fees, books, housing and food for a year. Net price is what students who got federal aid paid on average after grants and scholarships.
- $0 to $30,000
- $7,087 USD
- $30,001 to $48,000
- $6,871 USD
- $48,001 to $75,000
- $9,765 USD
- $75,001 to $110,000
- $14,049 USD
- Over $110,000
- $17,653 USD





