Colleges in Kentucky
87 colleges and universities with 174,937 undergraduates. Rankings: colleges with the lowest net price · colleges whose graduates earn the most · easiest colleges to get into · most selective colleges · colleges with the highest graduation rate · cheapest in-state tuition.
Largest colleges
| College | Net price | Acceptance | Graduation | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kentucky Lexington, KY · Public · 24,763 students |
$18,851 | 93% | 71% | $59,025 |
| University of Louisville Louisville, KY · Public · 14,727 students |
$17,988 | 79% | 61% | $53,899 |
| Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY · Public · 12,318 students |
$11,040 | 78% | 50% | $45,795 |
| Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY · Public · 12,155 students |
$10,990 | 94% | 56% | $43,889 |
| Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY · Public · 8,246 students |
$8,191 | 68% | 52% | $50,220 |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington, KY · Public · 8,244 students |
$6,113 | — | 43% | $36,343 |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville, KY · Public · 7,744 students |
$6,376 | — | 35% | $38,171 |
| University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KY · Private nonprofit · 6,941 students |
$14,107 | 99% | 50% | $45,036 |
| Murray State University Murray, KY · Public · 6,688 students |
$9,096 | 86% | 61% | $44,737 |
| Galen College of Nursing-Louisville Louisville, KY · Private for-profit · 4,801 students |
$18,540 | — | 61% | $61,480 |
| Morehead State University Morehead, KY · Public · 4,578 students |
$9,793 | 77% | 52% | $43,197 |
| Somerset Community College Somerset, KY · Public · 4,166 students |
$4,398 | — | 43% | $30,787 |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown, KY · Public · 4,088 students |
$5,143 | — | 59% | $36,143 |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green, KY · Public · 3,308 students |
$3,537 | — | 58% | $34,242 |
| Gateway Community and Technical College Florence, KY · Public · 3,167 students |
$5,725 | — | 59% | $36,147 |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah, KY · Public · 2,851 students |
$5,353 | — | 50% | $34,891 |
| Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KY · Private nonprofit · 2,840 students |
$19,341 | 80% | 42% | $41,583 |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro, KY · Public · 2,648 students |
$5,800 | — | 54% | $35,798 |
| Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville, KY · Public · 2,284 students |
$4,605 | — | 56% | $32,194 |
| Bellarmine University Louisville, KY · Private nonprofit · 2,161 students |
$21,499 | 86% | 64% | $62,069 |
| Sullivan University Louisville, KY · Private for-profit · 2,026 students |
$25,532 | — | 71% | $38,008 |
| Madisonville Community College Madisonville, KY · Public · 1,841 students |
$5,406 | — | 49% | $35,733 |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland, KY · Public · 1,721 students |
$3,731 | — | 47% | $29,482 |
| Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland, KY · Public · 1,631 students |
$5,717 | — | 51% | $34,504 |
| Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville, KY · Public · 1,630 students |
$5,875 | — | 45% | $36,323 |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg, KY · Public · 1,604 students |
$3,873 | — | 38% | $32,954 |
| Lindsey Wilson University Columbia, KY · Private nonprofit · 1,585 students |
$15,070 | — | 44% | $41,129 |
| Berea College Berea, KY · Private nonprofit · 1,513 students |
$6,106 | 19% | 58% | $43,150 |
| Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard, KY · Public · 1,506 students |
$2,955 | — | 48% | $29,868 |
| Asbury University Wilmore, KY · Private nonprofit · 1,420 students |
$21,401 | 63% | 65% | $42,368 |
| Centre College Danville, KY · Private nonprofit · 1,400 students |
$20,781 | 54% | 81% | $66,240 |
| Kentucky State University Frankfort, KY · Public · 1,309 students |
$8,040 | 96% | 32% | $36,382 |
| Thomas More University Crestview Hills, KY · Private nonprofit · 1,293 students |
$21,835 | 90% | 41% | $59,384 |
| Midway University Midway, KY · Private nonprofit · 1,262 students |
$29,579 | 95% | 41% | $44,246 |
| University of Pikeville Pikeville, KY · Private nonprofit · 1,135 students |
$20,311 | — | 42% | $48,231 |
| Georgetown College Georgetown, KY · Private nonprofit · 1,097 students |
$14,095 | 91% | 49% | $52,074 |
| Transylvania University Lexington, KY · Private nonprofit · 1,005 students |
$21,913 | 87% | 71% | $54,705 |
| Henderson Community College Henderson, KY · Public · 880 students |
$4,232 | — | 35% | $35,714 |
| The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, KY · Private nonprofit · 848 students |
— | 56% | 40% | — |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College Owensboro, KY · Private nonprofit · 842 students |
$17,131 | 72% | 47% | $46,747 |
| Union Commonwealth University Barbourville, KY · Private nonprofit · 746 students |
$21,311 | 63% | 32% | $42,002 |
| Spalding University Louisville, KY · Private nonprofit · 583 students |
$25,491 | 99% | 52% | $49,438 |
| Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes, KY · Private nonprofit · 558 students |
$18,600 | 75% | 39% | $40,573 |
| Brescia University Owensboro, KY · Private nonprofit · 545 students |
$8,709 | 35% | 54% | $45,500 |
| Beckfield College-Florence Florence, KY · Private for-profit · 536 students |
$28,133 | — | 32% | $37,114 |
| MedQuest College Louisville, KY · Private for-profit · 524 students |
$21,782 | — | 59% | — |
| Simmons College of Kentucky Louisville, KY · Private nonprofit · 481 students |
$18,434 | 100% | 14% | — |
| Kentucky Christian University Grayson, KY · Private nonprofit · 429 students |
$24,038 | 61% | 37% | $42,375 |
| ATA College Louisville, KY · Private for-profit · 363 students |
$28,611 | — | 46% | $34,577 |
| Galen College of Nursing-ARH Hazard, KY · Private for-profit · 350 students |
$21,164 | — | 63% | $61,480 |
| American National University-Louisville Louisville, KY · Private for-profit · 347 students |
$17,010 | — | 50% | $28,188 |
| Medical Career & Technical College Richmond, KY · Private for-profit · 235 students |
$28,005 | — | 56% | — |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Louisville Louisville, KY · Private for-profit · 233 students |
$29,401 | — | 73% | $28,449 |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green Bowling Green, KY · Private for-profit · 219 students |
$26,577 | — | 64% | $20,392 |
| Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education Lexington, KY · Private nonprofit · 203 students |
$22,871 | — | 63% | $20,156 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington Lexington, KY · Private for-profit · 189 students |
$23,464 | — | 79% | $23,207 |
| Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown Elizabethtown, KY · Private for-profit · 171 students |
$16,618 | — | 51% | $24,022 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville Pikeville, KY · Private for-profit · 169 students |
$28,475 | — | — | $61,480 |
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible College Pineville, KY · Private nonprofit · 159 students |
$10,949 | — | 38% | $41,623 |
| Summit Salon Academy-Lexington Lexington, KY · Private for-profit · 154 students |
$14,778 | 81% | 55% | $24,148 |
| Kentucky Welding Institute Flemingsburg, KY · Private for-profit · 143 students |
$19,559 | — | — | — |
| Empire Beauty School-Florence Florence, KY · Private for-profit · 124 students |
$16,328 | — | 75% | $23,925 |
| Empire Beauty School-Dixie Louisville, KY · Private for-profit · 119 students |
$17,764 | — | 52% | $24,397 |
| Interactive College of Technology-Newport Newport, KY · Private for-profit · 101 students |
$16,512 | — | 30% | $27,065 |
| Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth Louisville, KY · Private for-profit · 100 students |
$14,240 | — | 57% | $23,921 |
| Ross College-Hopkinsville Hopkinsville, KY · Private for-profit · 90 students |
$19,909 | — | 61% | $29,898 |
| American College of Barbering Louisville, KY · Private for-profit · 84 students |
$22,210 | — | 62% | — |
| Lexington Healing Arts Academy Lexington, KY · Private for-profit · 78 students |
— | — | — | $33,193 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger Erlanger, KY · Private for-profit · 77 students |
$19,448 | — | 60% | $29,898 |
| Kentucky Mountain Bible College Jackson, KY · Private nonprofit · 69 students |
$9,337 | 100% | 64% | $21,256 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green Bowling Green, KY · Private for-profit · 57 students |
$20,062 | — | 74% | $30,060 |
| Edge Academy of Beauty Manchester, KY · Private for-profit · 56 students |
$14,094 | — | — | — |
| Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology Bowling Green, KY · Private for-profit · 56 students |
$16,140 | — | 83% | $14,602 |
| Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training Newport, KY · Private nonprofit · 53 students |
$10,813 | — | 27% | $24,540 |
| Appalachian Beauty School Belfry, KY · Private for-profit · 49 students |
$12,742 | — | 56% | — |
| South Eastern Beauty Academy Paintsville, KY · Private for-profit · 45 students |
$5,183 | — | 41% | — |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow Glasgow, KY · Private for-profit · 44 students |
$25,829 | — | 67% | $18,537 |
| Berea Beauty Academy Berea, KY · Private for-profit · 40 students |
$7,437 | — | — | — |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro Owensboro, KY · Private for-profit · 38 students |
$21,224 | — | 61% | $30,481 |
| Kentucky Horseshoeing School Richmond, KY · Private for-profit · 31 students |
$29,405 | — | 83% | — |
| Regina Webb Academy Bowling Green, KY · Private for-profit · 23 students |
$13,205 | — | 100% | — |
| Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Louisville, KY · Private nonprofit |
— | — | — | — |
| Asbury Theological Seminary Wilmore, KY · Private nonprofit |
— | — | — | — |
| Frontier Nursing University Versailles, KY · Private nonprofit |
— | — | — | — |
| Lexington Theological Seminary Lexington, KY · Private nonprofit |
— | — | — | — |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology- Louisville Louisville, KY · Private for-profit |
— | — | — | $20,392 |
| American College of Barbering - Florence Florence, KY · Private for-profit |
— | — | — | — |
Cities
- Ashland 1
- Barbourville 1
- Belfry 1
- Berea 2
- Bowling Green 6
- Campbellsville 1
- Columbia 1
- Crestview Hills 1
- Cumberland 1
- Danville 1
- Elizabethtown 2
- Erlanger 1
- Flemingsburg 1
- Florence 4
- Frankfort 1
- Georgetown 1
- Glasgow 1
- Grayson 1
- Hazard 2
- Henderson 1
- Highland Heights 1
- Hopkinsville 2
- Jackson 1
- Lexington 8
- Louisville 17
- Madisonville 1
- Manchester 1
- Maysville 1
- Midway 1
- Morehead 1
- Murray 1
- Newport 2
- Owensboro 4
- Paducah 1
- Paintsville 1
- Pikeville 2
- Pineville 1
- Pippa Passes 1
- Prestonsburg 1
- Richmond 3
- Somerset 1
- Versailles 1
- Williamsburg 1
- Wilmore 2