Colleges in Kentucky

87 colleges and universities in Kentucky: 30 four-year, 6 two-year and 51 certificate or graduate schools, largest first. The most affordable four-year college with a 50%+ graduation rate is Berea College ($5,836 a year after aid).

Four-year colleges and universities (30)

CollegeCityTypeNet price / yrAcceptanceEarnings after 10 yrs
University of KentuckyLexingtonPublic$18,86893%$63,924
University of LouisvilleLouisvillePublic$14,96079%$60,032
Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmondPublic$11,92578%$50,885
Western Kentucky UniversityBowling GreenPublic$11,78994%$48,408
Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland HeightsPublic$8,97668%$55,024
University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburgPrivate nonprofit$13,88599%$47,477
Murray State UniversityMurrayPublic$7,35086%$48,482
Galen College of Nursing-LouisvilleLouisvillePrivate for-profit$4,058—$69,188
Morehead State UniversityMoreheadPublic$9,91277%$47,134
Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsvillePrivate nonprofit$17,73480%$44,606
Bellarmine UniversityLouisvillePrivate nonprofit$17,99186%$64,121
Lindsey Wilson UniversityColumbiaPrivate nonprofit$14,300—$45,750
Berea CollegeBereaPrivate nonprofit$5,83619%$48,071
Asbury UniversityWilmorePrivate nonprofit$21,06163%$49,862
Centre CollegeDanvillePrivate nonprofit$19,98054%$66,582
Kentucky State UniversityFrankfortPublic$17,63796%$42,650
Thomas More UniversityCrestview HillsPrivate nonprofit$22,72390%$63,897
Midway UniversityMidwayPrivate nonprofit$29,98195%$47,169
University of PikevillePikevillePrivate nonprofit$19,224—$47,890
Georgetown CollegeGeorgetownPrivate nonprofit$13,27091%$55,880
Transylvania UniversityLexingtonPrivate nonprofit$21,95487%$57,381
The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryLouisvillePrivate nonprofit—56%—
Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeOwensboroPrivate nonprofit$19,40972%$52,218
Union Commonwealth UniversityBarbourvillePrivate nonprofit$11,01063%$46,405
Spalding UniversityLouisvillePrivate nonprofit$24,26299%$55,738
Alice Lloyd CollegePippa PassesPrivate nonprofit$18,36775%$47,366
Brescia UniversityOwensboroPrivate nonprofit$14,90935%$49,034
Kentucky Christian UniversityGraysonPrivate nonprofit$25,46961%$47,183
Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegePinevillePrivate nonprofit$14,560—$38,211
Kentucky Mountain Bible CollegeJacksonPrivate nonprofit$6,392100%$39,068

Two-year and community colleges (6)

CollegeCityTypeNet price / yrAcceptanceEarnings after 10 yrs
Sullivan UniversityLouisvillePrivate for-profit$28,420—$42,383
Beckfield College-FlorenceFlorencePrivate for-profit$24,989—$42,712
Simmons College of KentuckyLouisvillePrivate nonprofit$15,522100%$29,057
ATA CollegeLouisvillePrivate for-profit$27,928—$36,434
Galen College of Nursing-ARHHazardPrivate for-profit$20,342—$69,188
American National University-LouisvilleLouisvillePrivate for-profit$16,410—$32,855

Certificate, trade and graduate schools (51)

CollegeCityTypeNet price / yrAcceptanceEarnings after 10 yrs
Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexingtonPublic$1,638—$41,266
Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisvillePublic$1,628—$41,786
Somerset Community CollegeSomersetPublic$543—$35,006
Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtownPublic$795—$40,644
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling GreenPublic$10,100—$37,323
Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorencePublic$1,391—$41,002
West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducahPublic$795—$36,627
Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboroPublic$1,435—$40,120
Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysvillePublic$1,193—$35,741
Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonvillePublic$1,585—$39,443
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegeCumberlandPublic$712—$34,865
Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshlandPublic$1,009—$36,830
Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsvillePublic$617—$42,315
Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburgPublic$678—$37,362
Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazardPublic$407—$35,609
Henderson Community CollegeHendersonPublic$400—$40,136
MedQuest CollegeLouisvillePrivate for-profit$21,236——
Medical Career & Technical CollegeRichmondPrivate for-profit$25,906——
Paul Mitchell the School-LouisvilleLouisvillePrivate for-profit$28,904—$30,472
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling GreenBowling GreenPrivate for-profit$16,214—$27,550
Employment Solutions-College for Technical EducationLexingtonPrivate nonprofit$14,039—$24,552
Paul Mitchell the School-LexingtonLexingtonPrivate for-profit$24,431—$27,918
Empire Beauty School-ElizabethtownElizabethtownPrivate for-profit$17,447—$30,388
Galen Health Institutes-PikevillePikevillePrivate for-profit$28,117—$69,188
Summit Salon Academy-LexingtonLexingtonPrivate for-profit$13,23181%$23,989
Kentucky Welding InstituteFlemingsburgPrivate for-profit$24,051——
Empire Beauty School-FlorenceFlorencePrivate for-profit$16,314—$29,173
Empire Beauty School-DixieLouisvillePrivate for-profit$17,135—$29,071
Interactive College of Technology-NewportNewportPrivate for-profit$16,957—$32,752
Empire Beauty School-ChenowethLouisvillePrivate for-profit$16,180—$32,104
Ross College-HopkinsvilleHopkinsvillePrivate for-profit$21,670—$35,056
American College of BarberingLouisvillePrivate for-profit$23,675——
Lexington Healing Arts AcademyLexingtonPrivate for-profit——$26,383
Ross Medical Education Center-ErlangerErlangerPrivate for-profit$21,389—$35,056
Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling GreenBowling GreenPrivate for-profit$21,346—$33,943
Lindsey Institute of CosmetologyBowling GreenPrivate for-profit$20,783—$22,023
Edge Academy of BeautyManchesterPrivate for-profit$13,415——
Brighton Center's Center for Employment TrainingNewportPrivate nonprofit$11,396—$29,138
Appalachian Beauty SchoolBelfryPrivate for-profit$11,431——
South Eastern Beauty AcademyPaintsvillePrivate for-profit$3,186——
PJ's College of Cosmetology-GlasgowGlasgowPrivate for-profit$21,683—$22,069
Berea Beauty AcademyBereaPrivate for-profit$9,481——
Ross Medical Education Center-OwensboroOwensboroPrivate for-profit$21,826—$35,078
Kentucky Horseshoeing SchoolRichmondPrivate for-profit$30,169——
Regina Webb AcademyBowling GreenPrivate for-profit$19,092——
Asbury Theological SeminaryWilmorePrivate nonprofit———
Frontier Nursing UniversityVersaillesPrivate nonprofit———
Lexington Theological SeminaryLexingtonPrivate nonprofit———
Louisville Presbyterian Theological SeminaryLouisvillePrivate nonprofit———
PJ's College of Cosmetology- LouisvilleLouisvillePrivate for-profit——$27,550
American College of Barbering - FlorenceFlorencePrivate for-profit———