Admissions

New students must complete each item step below before reporting to campus. 

Please call your enrollment counselor if you have any questions or need assistance with any of the following items.

Before beginning, please make sure you know two things:

1. How to access your KCU portal.  To do this, you simply go to my.kcu.edu.  Your username should be your first name initial, middle name initial, and then last name.  Your password should be your 8-digit birthday.  Below is an example:

Student: John Robert Smith
Birthday: May 1^st, 2003
Username: jrsmith@kcu.edu
Password: 05012003

2. Your KCU Student ID number. This is the number that is assigned to you once you apply to KCU. This will be a number you use frequently throughout your career at KCU.

* If you have any issues logging in or need to find out your KCU ID number contact your enrollment counselor or the Admissions Office at 1.800.522.3181!

Steps to Complete New Student Registration

1. Complete our Accepted Student Forms.

• • You may fill out all of our forms online by clicking here.  (These forms include housing, health, federal mandates, and a lifestyle agreement.)

2. Upload your school ID picture.

• • You may upload this by clicking here.
  • This needs to be a clear headshot picture (without sunglasses or hats) with a white background and saved as a jpeg.

3. Send in a copy of your immunizations.

• • Please make sure that you have sent in a copy of your updated immunization record. You may send this to your enrollment counselor. We require the following immunizations:
    • Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis (within the past 10 years)
    • M.R. Measles, Mumps, Rubella
    • Tuberculosis (within the past year)
    • Meningococcal Meningitis (RECOMMENDED)
    • COVID-19 (RECOMMENDED)

4. Order your final, official high school/college transcripts.

• • Please make sure that the admissions office has received an official and final copy of your high school transcript. This transcript must be sent in the mail by your high school guidance counselor or sent online through Parchment.  This transcript must include your final cumulative GPA, graduation date, seal, and signature.
  • If you are transferring or have taken dual credit, we need a final and official transcript from any college you have taken a class through. This needs to be ordered, issued to KCU, and have final grades.  It must be sent directly to our admissions office from the school’s academic office either through mail or an approved online service.

5. Complete your Entrance Counseling and MPN for your federal student loans.

• • If you filled out a FAFSA, you are eligible to take out subsidized and unsubsidized student loans. The federal government requires that all students who take out these student loans to complete these two tasks. If there is even a chance you may take out these loans, please go ahead and complete these.
  • Entrance Counseling is a teaching tool that allows the student to better understand loans and how they work.
  • The Master Promissory Note (MPN) is simply listing two references. One may reside at the same address as the student, the other may not.
  • Click here to view the instructions on how to complete these two tasks. The student will need their FSA ID to complete these.

6. Accept your Financial Aid Awards.

• • You can not do this step until your FAFSA has been completed and processed.
  • Once your FAFSA is processed, you are awarded a financial aid package. These awards/grants/loans have to be accepted by you before they can be applied to your school bill.
  • You can accept your Financial Aid Awards on your portal. Click here to learn how.
  • Your Financial Aid Awards will not be available for you to see until your FAFSA is completed and processed. If you are unable to see any awards, contact our Financial Aid Office quickly and make sure your financial aid is ready to be processed – 606.474.3227 or finaid@kcu.edu.

7. Accept the Registration Agreement

• • You do this on your portal. Click here for instructions.

8. Register for Classes.

• • Once we have received your final transcript you will receive an email with instructions for registering for classes on my.kcu.edu.
  • If you have any issues or concerns regarding your schedule, please contact our registrar, Emily Miller at emilyamiller@kcu.edu.

Remember that we need all the previous items completed before you are officially registered as a KCU student. If you have any questions, please contact your Enrollment Counselor in our Admissions Office!