KRS 164.0284: Annual compilation of data concerning in-demand jobs, college

costs, student loan debt, graduation rates, and student and graduate

employment -- Administrative regulations.

(1) In order to help prospective students make more informed decisions about

their futures and ensure that they are adequately aware of the cost of college

and other career paths, the Council on Postsecondary Education shall compile

on an annual basis the following information:

(a) The most in-demand jobs in the state along with the starting salary, the

median salary, and the typical education level for those jobs;

(b) For the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, each

comprehensive university, and each college within the Kentucky

Community and Technical College System:

1. The average cost;

2. The average three (3) year student loan default rate;

3. The average student loan debt for students who have attended the

institution;

4. The percentage of students taking out student loans;

5. The average graduation rate and average time to completion;

6. The number of students completing high school credential programs

and career and technical education programs, and, as available, the

number of students completing apprenticeship programs; and

7. The median and range of starting salaries for graduates; and

(c) For each college within the Kentucky Community and Technical College

System, the percentage of students employed by program area and, as

data becomes available, the rate of students gainfully employed in the

recognized occupation for which the student was trained or in a related

comparable recognized occupation.

(2) The Council on Postsecondary Education shall maintain and ensure access to

the information by prospective students in the state. The council shall work with

the Kentucky Center for Statistics, the Kentucky Department of Education, the

Education and Labor Cabinet, and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance

Authority and other stakeholders the council determines necessary to develop

a delivery method to carry out the objectives of this section.

(3) The council may promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out

this section and may require and compile information for specific programs

within the postsecondary institutions identified in subsection (1)(b) of this

section.