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Simmons College(Simmons College of Kentucky)

School colors: Simmons red, gold and black

Chapel, State University
Historic photograph. Unknown, book in which the image is published in was edited by W. N. Hartshorn and George W. Penniman., 1910, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Louisville, Kentucky · Founded 1879 · Marching Falcons

Private · Four-year · ~390 students

simmonscollegeky.edu · official site

Founding

Simmons College of Kentucky began in 1879, when the state's Black Baptist convention purchased four acres in Louisville to establish the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute. The college lost its original campus in 1930 and reacquired it in 2007.

Source: History, Simmons College of Kentucky, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

On the official record

Campus address
1018 South 7th Street, Louisville, KY 40203-3322
Control
Private not-for-profit
Students
~390 students
Directory id
461759
OPE id
04178000
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
1018 South 7th Street, Louisville, KY. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 38.239519, -85.764811 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder also matched this address exactly on 2026-09-14.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 461759. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. History, Simmons College of Kentucky. https://simmonscollegeky.edu/history/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 389 total, Fall 2023 (389 undergraduate, 0 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  5. Band, Simmons College of Kentucky. https://simmonscollegeky.edu/band/. Read 2026-09-17.
  6. School colors: Simmons red, gold and black. Values as stated. Simmons College of Kentucky, Wikipedia (revision 1368435359). Read 2026-09-16.
  7. Photograph: Unknown, book in which the image is published in was edited by W. N. Hartshorn and George W. Penniman., 1910, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapel,_State_University.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

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