| Location: | Southeast |
| Setting: | Large City Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Affiliation: | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
| Size: | Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Pioneers |
Transylvania University is a private liberal arts college related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) located in Lexington, Kentucky, with approximately 1,100 students.
Transylvania University has a long, notable and complicated history that touches a number of former and subsequent institutions of higher learning.
The school is named Transylvania (Latin for "across the woods") after the heavily forested region of western Virginia (as opposed to the historical region in central Romania), originally known as the Transylvania colony, which ultimately became the state of Kentucky in 1792.
Transylvania University opened at Danville, in 1780, and did not move to Lexington until 1789. The first site in Lexington was in the historic Gratz Park. The 1818 building burned in 1829 and the school was moved to its present location north of Third Street. In its early years, the University included a medical school, a law school, a divinity school, and a college of arts and sciences. During this early period many important figures in American history attended the school: Notable statesman Henry Clay taught at the school's college of law from 1805-07 before returning to politics and founding Whig Party. Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas", graduated in 1810. In the early 1820s, Jefferson Davis the future first and only President of the Confederate States attended as a student, but chose to finish his studies at West Point. The first Supreme Court justice to have earned a modern law degree, John Marshall Harlan, earned it from Transylvania's law school in 1853. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Freeman Miller earned a degree from the medical school, practiced medicine in Barbourville, Kentucky, and then became a lawyer before being appointed to the Court by Abraham Lincoln in 1862.
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 78% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Basketball (Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference) Baseball (Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference) Track (Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 19,650 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 18,880 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 770 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,934 | 22% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 3,408 | 77% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 7,152 | 100% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 3,215 | 65% | |
Any Aid: |
100% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 84% (Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 42% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 543, Math: 537 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 642, Math: 641 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 89% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 23, Verbal: 24, Math: 22 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 28, Verbal: 29, Math: 27 |
| Application Fee: | $ 30.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
