Colleges in Kentucky
89 degree-granting institutions in Kentucky (KY). Median net price $16,328. Median graduation rate 53.7%. Compare cost, outcomes, admission rates, and program mix using official U.S. College Scorecard data.
Median net price
$16,328
Median grad rate
53.7%
Median admission rate
80%
Median size
583
Most affordable colleges in Kentucky
Lowest median net price after grant aid.
Highest graduation rates in Kentucky
Share of students completing a degree on time.
Colleges by city
Cities in Kentucky with 3 or more institutions.
| School | State | Type | Net price | Grad rate | Admission | Size | Data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $18,600 | 38.9% | 75% | 558 | Complete | |
| Allure Beauty College Whitesburg, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $13,520 | 52.9% | Not available | 17 | Complete | |
| American College of Barbering Louisville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $22,210 | 62.1% | Not available | 84 | Complete | |
| American College of Barbering - Florence Florence, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Partial | |
| American National University-Pikeville Pikeville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, 4-year | $17,010 | 50.0% | Not available | 347 | Complete | |
| Appalachian Beauty School Belfry, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $12,742 | 56.3% | Not available | 49 | Partial | |
| Asbury Theological Seminary Wilmore, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Asbury University Wilmore, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $21,401 | 65.0% | 63% | 1,420 | Complete | |
| Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $5,717 | 50.9% | Not available | 1,631 | Complete | |
| ATA College Louisville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, 2-year | $28,611 | 46.2% | Not available | 363 | Complete | |
| Beckfield College-Florence Florence, KY | KY | Private for-profit, 4-year | $28,133 | 31.7% | 80% | 536 | Complete | |
| Bellarmine University Louisville, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $21,499 | 64.4% | 86% | 2,161 | Complete | |
| Berea Beauty Academy Berea, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $7,437 | Not available | Not available | 40 | Partial | |
| Berea College Berea, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $6,106 | 58.2% | 19% | 1,513 | Complete | |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $3,873 | 37.7% | Not available | 1,604 | Complete | |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $6,113 | 43.1% | Not available | 8,244 | Complete | |
| Brescia University Owensboro, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $8,709 | 53.7% | 35% | 545 | Complete | |
| Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training Newport, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, <2-year | $10,813 | 26.7% | Not available | 53 | Complete | |
| Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $19,341 | 42.0% | 80% | 2,840 | Complete | |
| Centre College Danville, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $20,781 | 80.7% | 54% | 1,400 | Complete | |
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible College Pineville, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $10,949 | 38.5% | Not available | 159 | Complete | |
| Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY | KY | Public, 4-year | $11,040 | 50.0% | 78% | 12,318 | Complete | |
| Edge Academy of Beauty Manchester, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $14,094 | 100.0% | Not available | 56 | Partial | |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $5,143 | 59.5% | Not available | 4,088 | Complete | |
| Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth Louisville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $14,240 | 56.7% | Not available | 100 | Complete | |
| Empire Beauty School-Dixie Louisville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $17,764 | 52.2% | Not available | 119 | Complete | |
| Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown Elizabethtown, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $16,618 | 51.1% | Not available | 171 | Complete | |
| Empire Beauty School-Florence Florence, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $16,328 | 75.0% | Not available | 124 | Complete | |
| Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education Lexington, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, <2-year | $22,871 | 63.0% | Not available | 203 | Complete | |
| Frontier Nursing University Versailles, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Galen College of Nursing-ARH Hazard, KY | KY | Private for-profit, 2-year | $21,164 | 62.8% | Not available | 350 | Complete | |
| Galen College of Nursing-Louisville Louisville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, 4-year | $18,540 | 61.5% | Not available | 4,801 | Complete | |
| Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville Pikeville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, 2-year | $28,475 | Not available | Not available | 169 | Partial | |
| Gateway Community and Technical College Florence, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $5,725 | 59.1% | Not available | 3,167 | Complete | |
| Georgetown College Georgetown, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $14,095 | 48.9% | 91% | 1,097 | Complete | |
| Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $2,955 | 47.6% | Not available | 1,506 | Complete | |
| Henderson Community College Henderson, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $4,232 | 34.9% | Not available | 880 | Complete | |
| Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $5,875 | 45.1% | Not available | 1,630 | Complete | |
| Ideal Beauty Academy Louisville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $14,043 | 95.0% | Not available | 2 | Complete | |
| Interactive College of Technology-Newport Newport, KY | KY | Private for-profit, 2-year | $16,512 | 29.9% | Not available | 101 | Complete | |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $6,376 | 35.5% | Not available | 7,744 | Complete | |
| Kentucky Christian University Grayson, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $24,038 | 36.7% | 61% | 429 | Complete | |
| Kentucky Horseshoeing School Richmond, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $29,405 | 82.8% | Not available | 31 | Partial | |
| Kentucky Mountain Bible College Jackson, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $9,337 | 64.3% | 100% | 69 | Complete | |
| Kentucky State University Frankfort, KY | KY | Public, 4-year | $8,040 | 31.9% | 96% | 1,309 | Complete | |
| Kentucky Welding Institute Flemingsburg, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $19,559 | Not available | Not available | 143 | Partial | |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College Owensboro, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $17,131 | 46.8% | 72% | 842 | Complete | |
| Lexington Healing Arts Academy Lexington, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 78 | Partial | |
| Lexington Theological Seminary Lexington, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology Bowling Green, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $16,140 | 83.3% | Not available | 56 | Complete | |
| Lindsey Wilson College Columbia, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $15,070 | 44.1% | Not available | 1,585 | Complete | |
| Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Louisville, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Madisonville Community College Madisonville, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $5,406 | 48.6% | Not available | 1,841 | Complete | |
| Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $4,605 | 56.5% | Not available | 2,284 | Complete | |
| Medical Career & Technical College Richmond, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $28,005 | 55.7% | Not available | 235 | Partial | |
| MedQuest College Louisville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, 2-year | $21,782 | 59.3% | Not available | 524 | Complete | |
| Midway University Midway, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $29,579 | 40.7% | 95% | 1,262 | Complete | |
| Morehead State University Morehead, KY | KY | Public, 4-year | $9,793 | 52.2% | 77% | 4,578 | Complete | |
| Murray State University Murray, KY | KY | Public, 4-year | $9,096 | 61.3% | 86% | 6,688 | Complete | |
| Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY | KY | Public, 4-year | $8,191 | 52.2% | 68% | 8,246 | Complete | |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $5,800 | 53.7% | Not available | 2,648 | Complete | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington Lexington, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $23,464 | 78.6% | Not available | 189 | Complete | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Louisville Louisville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $29,401 | 72.7% | Not available | 233 | Complete | |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology- Louisville Louisville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Partial | |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green Bowling Green, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $26,577 | 64.4% | Not available | 219 | Complete | |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow Glasgow, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $25,829 | 66.7% | Not available | 44 | Complete | |
| Regina Webb Academy Bowling Green, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $13,205 | 100.0% | Not available | 23 | Partial | |
| Ross College-Hopkinsville Hopkinsville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, 2-year | $19,909 | 60.6% | Not available | 90 | Complete | |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green Bowling Green, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $20,062 | 73.7% | Not available | 57 | Complete | |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger Erlanger, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $19,448 | 60.2% | Not available | 77 | Complete | |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro Owensboro, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $21,224 | 60.7% | Not available | 38 | Complete | |
| Simmons College of Kentucky Louisville, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $18,434 | 13.7% | 100% | 481 | Complete | |
| Somerset Community College Somerset, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $4,398 | 43.1% | Not available | 4,166 | Complete | |
| South Eastern Beauty Academy Paintsville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $5,183 | 40.9% | Not available | 45 | Partial | |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $3,537 | 57.7% | Not available | 3,308 | Complete | |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $3,731 | 47.3% | Not available | 1,721 | Complete | |
| Spalding University Louisville, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $25,491 | 51.7% | 99% | 583 | Complete | |
| Sullivan University Louisville, KY | KY | Private for-profit, 4-year | $25,532 | 71.0% | Not available | 2,026 | Complete | |
| Summit Salon Academy-Lexington Lexington, KY | KY | Private for-profit, <2-year | $14,778 | 54.5% | 81% | 154 | Complete | |
| The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | 40.3% | 56% | 848 | Partial | |
| Thomas More University Crestview Hills, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $21,835 | 40.5% | 90% | 1,293 | Complete | |
| Transylvania University Lexington, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $21,913 | 71.5% | 87% | 1,005 | Complete | |
| Union Commonwealth University Barbourville, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $21,311 | 32.1% | 63% | 746 | Complete | |
| University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | KY | Public, 4-year | $18,851 | 71.4% | 93% | 24,763 | Complete | |
| University of Louisville Louisville, KY | KY | Public, 4-year | $17,988 | 61.2% | 79% | 14,727 | Complete | |
| University of Pikeville Pikeville, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $20,311 | 41.7% | Not available | 1,135 | Complete | |
| University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KY | KY | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $14,107 | 50.4% | 99% | 6,941 | Complete | |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah, KY | KY | Public, 2-year | $5,353 | 49.8% | Not available | 2,851 | Complete | |
| Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY | KY | Public, 4-year | $10,990 | 55.6% | 94% | 12,155 | Complete |
Frequently asked questions
How many colleges are there in Kentucky?
Kentucky has 89 degree-granting institutions tracked by the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, spanning public, private nonprofit, and for-profit schools.
What is the average cost of college in Kentucky?
The median net price across Kentucky colleges is $16,328 per year. Net price is what a typical student pays after grant aid and scholarships — a much better number than sticker price.
Which Kentucky colleges have the highest graduation rates?
The top performers by graduation rate include Edge Academy of Beauty (100.0%), Regina Webb Academy (100.0%), Ideal Beauty Academy (95.0%). Sort the table by graduation rate to see the full ranking.
Is the data on this page up to date?
Yes. All figures come from the latest College Scorecard release published by the U.S. Department of Education.