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Colleges and universities in Kentucky

Kentucky is home to 88 Title IV-eligible colleges and universities, enrolling about 292,841 students in total.

Of these, 25 are public and 63 private. The largest by enrollment include University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and University of the Cumberlands. Among institutions that report the figure, the median graduation rate is 54% and the median average net price is $16,328.

Institutions
88
indexed
Combined enrollment
292,841
students
Median grad rate
54%
reporting
Median net price
$16,328
reporting
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How the 88 institutions in Kentucky break down

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By control
Public
25
28% of all
State and locally governed
Private
63
72% of all
28 nonprofit · 35 for-profit
By level
4-year
38
43% of all
Bachelor's and above
2-year
23
26% of all
Associate degrees
Less-than-2-year
25
28% of all
Certificate programs

2 institutions have no reported level in IPEDS; they stay in the full list but not in the level slices.

63 institutionsPrivate · of 88

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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Alice Lloyd College

Pippa Passes, Kentucky

Grad rate
39%
Admit rate
75.2%
Enrollment
589
Net price
$18,600
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Private (for-profit)

Allure Beauty College

Whitesburg, Kentucky

Grad rate
53%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
17
Net price
$13,520
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Private (for-profit)

American College of Barbering

Louisville, Kentucky

Grad rate
62%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
84
Net price
$22,210
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Private (for-profit)

American National University - Pikeville

Pikeville, Kentucky

Grad rate
50%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
444
Net price
$17,010
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Private (for-profit)

Appalachian Beauty School

Belfry, Kentucky

Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
49
Net price
$12,742
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Private (nonprofit)

Asbury Theological Seminary

Wilmore, Kentucky

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
1,689
Net price
Grad-only
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Asbury University

Wilmore, Kentucky

Grad rate
65%
Admit rate
63.4%
Enrollment
2,100
Net price
$21,401
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

ATA College

Louisville, Kentucky

Grad rate
46%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
363
Net price
$28,611
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Private (for-profit)

Beckfield College - Florence

Florence, Kentucky

Grad rate
32%
Admit rate
79.6%
Enrollment
536
Net price
$28,133
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)

Bellarmine University

Louisville, Kentucky

Grad rate
64%
Admit rate
86.1%
Enrollment
2,886
Net price
$21,499
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Private (for-profit)

Berea Beauty Academy

Berea, Kentucky

Grad rate
Too new
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
40
Net price
$7,437
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Berea College

Berea, Kentucky

Grad rate
58%
Admit rate
19.3%
Enrollment
1,527
Net price
$6,106
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Brescia University

Owensboro, Kentucky

Grad rate
54%
Admit rate
35.2%
Enrollment
690
Net price
$8,709
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Private (nonprofit)

Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training

Newport, Kentucky

Grad rate
27%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
53
Net price
$10,813
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Campbellsville University

Campbellsville, Kentucky

Grad rate
42%
Admit rate
79.7%
Enrollment
10,836
Net price
$19,341
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Centre College

Danville, Kentucky

Grad rate
81%
Admit rate
54.4%
Enrollment
1,404
Net price
$20,781
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Private (nonprofit)

Clear Creek Baptist Bible College

Pineville, Kentucky

Grad rate
38%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
183
Net price
$10,949
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Private (for-profit)

Edge Academy of Beauty

Manchester, Kentucky

Grad rate
Too new
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
56
Net price
$14,094
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Private (for-profit)

Empire Beauty School - Chenoweth

Louisville, Kentucky

Grad rate
57%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
100
Net price
$14,240
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Private (for-profit)

Empire Beauty School - Dixie

Louisville, Kentucky

Grad rate
52%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
119
Net price
$17,764
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Private (for-profit)

Empire Beauty School - Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Grad rate
51%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
171
Net price
$16,618
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Private (for-profit)

Empire Beauty School - Florence

Florence, Kentucky

Grad rate
75%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
124
Net price
$16,328
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Private (nonprofit)

Employment Solutions - College for Technical Education

Lexington, Kentucky

Grad rate
63%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
203
Net price
$22,871
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Private (nonprofit)

Frontier Nursing University

Versailles, Kentucky

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
2,664
Net price
Grad-only
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

Galen College of Nursing - ARH

Hazard, Kentucky

Grad rate
63%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
350
Net price
$21,164
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Private (for-profit)

Galen College of Nursing - Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
5,585
Net price
$18,540
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Private (for-profit)

Galen Health Institutes - Pikeville

Pikeville, Kentucky

Grad rate
Too new
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
169
Net price
$28,475
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Georgetown College

Georgetown, Kentucky

Grad rate
49%
Admit rate
91.1%
Enrollment
1,345
Net price
$14,095
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Private (for-profit)

Ideal Beauty Academy

Louisville, Kentucky

Grad rate
95%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
2
Net price
$14,043
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Private (for-profit)

Interactive College of Technology - Newport

Newport, Kentucky

Grad rate
30%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
101
Net price
$16,512
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Kentucky Christian University

Grayson, Kentucky

Grad rate
37%
Admit rate
60.9%
Enrollment
550
Net price
$24,038
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Private (for-profit)

Kentucky Horseshoeing School

Richmond, Kentucky

Grad rate
83%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
31
Net price
$29,405
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Kentucky Mountain Bible College

Jackson, Kentucky

Grad rate
64%
Admit rate
100.0%
Enrollment
94
Net price
$9,337
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Private (for-profit)

Kentucky Welding Institute

Flemingsburg, Kentucky

Grad rate
Too new
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
143
Net price
$19,559
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Kentucky Wesleyan College

Owensboro, Kentucky

Grad rate
47%
Admit rate
71.6%
Enrollment
887
Net price
$17,131
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Private (for-profit)

Lexington Healing Arts Academy

Lexington, Kentucky

Grad rate
No freshman cohort
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
78
Net price
No freshman cohort
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Private (nonprofit)

Lexington Theological Seminary

Lexington, Kentucky

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
82
Net price
Grad-only
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Private (for-profit)

Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Grad rate
83%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
56
Net price
$16,140
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Lindsey Wilson College

Columbia, Kentucky

Grad rate
44%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
4,193
Net price
$15,070
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Private (nonprofit)

Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Louisville, Kentucky

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
103
Net price
Grad-only
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Private (for-profit)

Medical Career & Technical College

Richmond, Kentucky

Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
95.7%
Enrollment
235
Net price
$28,005
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Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

MedQuest College

Louisville, Kentucky

Grad rate
59%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
524
Net price
$21,782
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Midway University

Midway, Kentucky

Grad rate
41%
Admit rate
95.1%
Enrollment
2,003
Net price
$29,579
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Private (for-profit)

Paul Mitchell the School - Lexington

Lexington, Kentucky

Grad rate
79%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
189
Net price
$23,464
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Private (for-profit)

Paul Mitchell the School - Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

Grad rate
73%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
233
Net price
$29,401
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Private (for-profit)

PJ's College of Cosmetology - Bowling Green

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Grad rate
64%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
219
Net price
$26,577
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Private (for-profit)

PJ's College of Cosmetology - Glasgow

Glasgow, Kentucky

Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
44
Net price
$25,829
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Private (for-profit)

Regina Webb Academy

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Grad rate
100%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
23
Net price
$13,205
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Frequently asked questions

How many colleges and universities are in Kentucky?
Kentucky has 88 Title IV-eligible institutions in this dataset, drawn from IPEDS and College Scorecard. Together they enroll about 292,841 students.
What are the largest universities in Kentucky?
By total enrollment, the largest institutions in Kentucky are University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of the Cumberlands, Western Kentucky, and Eastern Kentucky.
What is the average graduation rate and net price in Kentucky?
The median graduation rate among institutions that report one is 54%, and the median average net price is $16,328. Figures come from IPEDS and College Scorecard.
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