the university is home to the kentucky college of osteopathic medicine, one of three medical schools in the state of kentucky. the university confers associate, bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees through its six academic divisions and one medical college; enrollment was 2,366 students in fall 2016. its intercollegiate athletic teams, the bears, are members of the national association of intercollegiate athletics at the naia division i level and participate in the mid-south conference.