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Best Colleges in Kentucky (2026)

89 colleges ranked by graduate earnings, acceptance rates, and outcomes — powered by federal data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Colleges

$37,668

Avg Earnings (10yr)

$15,475

Avg Net Price

78%

Avg Admit Rate

53%

Avg Grad Rate

State Overview

Kentucky is home to 89 colleges and universities, ranging from research universities to community colleges. Centre College leads the state in graduate earnings, with state alumni earning $37,668 on average ten years after enrollment. Whether you're looking for a flagship research university, a liberal arts college, or a career-focused program, Kentucky offers diverse options across all price points.

Quick Facts — Kentucky Colleges

Highest Earning

Centre College

$66,240median earnings

Most Selective

Berea College

19%acceptance rate

Best Grad Rate

Centre College

83%6-yr grad rate

Most Affordable

Hazard Community and Technical College

$2,955avg net price

Top 10 Colleges in Kentucky by Graduate Earnings

Ranked by median earnings 10 years after enrollment. Public and private nonprofit only.

Centre College

Danville·Private Nonprofit

Admit

54%

Net Price

$20,781

Grad Rate

83%

Earnings

$66,240

Bellarmine University

Louisville·Private Nonprofit

Admit

86%

Net Price

$21,499

Grad Rate

66%

Earnings

$62,069

Thomas More University

Crestview Hills·Private Nonprofit

Admit

90%

Net Price

$21,835

Grad Rate

40%

Earnings

$59,384

University of Kentucky

Lexington·Public

Admit

93%

Net Price

$18,851

Grad Rate

71%

Earnings

$59,025

Transylvania University

Lexington·Private Nonprofit

Admit

87%

Net Price

$21,913

Grad Rate

71%

Earnings

$54,705

University of Louisville

Louisville·Public

Admit

79%

Net Price

$17,988

Grad Rate

61%

Earnings

$53,899

Georgetown College

Georgetown·Private Nonprofit

Admit

91%

Net Price

$14,095

Grad Rate

48%

Earnings

$52,074

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights·Public

Admit

68%

Net Price

$8,191

Grad Rate

50%

Earnings

$50,220

Spalding University

Louisville·Private Nonprofit

Admit

99%

Net Price

$25,491

Grad Rate

54%

Earnings

$49,438

University of Pikeville

Pikeville·Private Nonprofit

Admit

N/A

Net Price

$20,311

Grad Rate

40%

Earnings

$48,231

Most Affordable Colleges in Kentucky

Lowest average net price after grants and scholarships. Public and private nonprofit only.

#1 Most AffordablePublic

Hazard Community and Technical College

Hazard, KY

$2,955/ yr avg net

47% grad rate

#2 Most AffordablePublic

Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College

Bowling Green, KY

$3,537/ yr avg net

55% grad rate

#3 Most AffordablePublic

Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College

Cumberland, KY

$3,731/ yr avg net

45% grad rate

#4 Most AffordablePublic

Big Sandy Community and Technical College

Prestonsburg, KY

$3,873/ yr avg net

38% grad rate

#5 Most AffordablePublic

Henderson Community College

Henderson, KY

$4,232/ yr avg net

40% grad rate

Popular Majors

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All Colleges in Kentucky

All 89 accredited institutions. Click column headers to sort.

School	City	Type	Admit Rate	Net Price	Grad Rate	Earnings (10yr)
Alice Lloyd College	Pippa Passes	Private Nonprofit	75%	$18,600	32%	$40,573
Allure Beauty College	Whitesburg	Private For-Profit	N/A	$13,520	53%	N/A
American College of Barbering	Louisville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$22,210	58%	N/A
American College of Barbering - Florence	Florence	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
American National University-Pikeville	Pikeville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$17,010	50%	$28,188
Appalachian Beauty School	Belfry	Private For-Profit	N/A	$12,742	62%	N/A
Asbury Theological Seminary	Wilmore	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Asbury University	Wilmore	Private Nonprofit	63%	$21,401	65%	$42,368
Ashland Community and Technical College	Ashland	Public	N/A	$5,717	55%	$34,504
ATA College	Louisville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$28,611	39%	$34,577
Beckfield College-Florence	Florence	Private For-Profit	N/A	$28,133	31%	$37,114
Bellarmine University	Louisville	Private Nonprofit	86%	$21,499	66%	$62,069
Berea Beauty Academy	Berea	Private For-Profit	N/A	$7,437	N/A	N/A
Berea College	Berea	Private Nonprofit	19%	$6,106	60%	$43,150
Big Sandy Community and Technical College	Prestonsburg	Public	N/A	$3,873	38%	$32,954
Bluegrass Community and Technical College	Lexington	Public	N/A	$6,113	40%	$36,343
Brescia University	Owensboro	Private Nonprofit	35%	$8,709	51%	$45,500
Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training	Newport	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$10,813	19%	$24,540
Campbellsville University	Campbellsville	Private Nonprofit	80%	$19,341	44%	$41,583
Centre College	Danville	Private Nonprofit	54%	$20,781	83%	$66,240
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College	Pineville	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$10,949	43%	$41,623
Eastern Kentucky University	Richmond	Public	78%	$11,040	50%	$45,795
Edge Academy of Beauty	Manchester	Private For-Profit	N/A	$14,094	N/A	N/A
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College	Elizabethtown	Public	N/A	$5,143	54%	$36,143
Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth	Louisville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$14,240	65%	$23,921
Empire Beauty School-Dixie	Louisville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$17,764	49%	$24,397
Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,618	49%	$24,022
Empire Beauty School-Florence	Florence	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,328	67%	$23,925
Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education	Lexington	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$22,871	63%	$20,156
Frontier Nursing University	Versailles	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Galen College of Nursing-ARH	Hazard	Private For-Profit	N/A	$21,164	56%	$61,480
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville	Louisville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$18,540	62%	$61,480
Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville	Pikeville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$28,475	N/A	$61,480
Gateway Community and Technical College	Florence	Public	N/A	$5,725	53%	$36,147
Georgetown College	Georgetown	Private Nonprofit	91%	$14,095	48%	$52,074
Hazard Community and Technical College	Hazard	Public	N/A	$2,955	47%	$29,868
Henderson Community College	Henderson	Public	N/A	$4,232	40%	$35,714
Hopkinsville Community College	Hopkinsville	Public	N/A	$5,875	41%	$36,323
Ideal Beauty Academy	Louisville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$14,043	83%	$24,635
Interactive College of Technology-Newport	Newport	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,512	36%	$27,065
Jefferson Community and Technical College	Louisville	Public	N/A	$6,376	33%	$38,171
Kentucky Christian University	Grayson	Private Nonprofit	61%	$24,038	35%	$42,375
Kentucky Horseshoeing School	Richmond	Private For-Profit	N/A	$29,405	87%	N/A
Kentucky Mountain Bible College	Jackson	Private Nonprofit	100%	$9,337	55%	$21,256
Kentucky State University	Frankfort	Public	96%	$8,040	30%	$36,382
Kentucky Welding Institute	Flemingsburg	Private For-Profit	N/A	$19,559	N/A	N/A
Kentucky Wesleyan College	Owensboro	Private Nonprofit	72%	$17,131	49%	$46,747
Lexington Healing Arts Academy	Lexington	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$33,193
Lexington Theological Seminary	Lexington	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology	Bowling Green	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,140	83%	$14,602
Lindsey Wilson College	Columbia	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$15,070	41%	$41,129
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary	Louisville	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Madisonville Community College	Madisonville	Public	N/A	$5,406	52%	$35,733
Maysville Community and Technical College	Maysville	Public	N/A	$4,605	54%	$32,194
Medical Career & Technical College	Richmond	Private For-Profit	N/A	$28,005	68%	N/A
MedQuest College	Louisville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$21,782	82%	N/A
Midway University	Midway	Private Nonprofit	95%	$29,579	43%	$44,246
Morehead State University	Morehead	Public	77%	$9,793	50%	$43,197
Murray State University	Murray	Public	86%	$9,096	60%	$44,737
Northern Kentucky University	Highland Heights	Public	68%	$8,191	50%	$50,220
Owensboro Community and Technical College	Owensboro	Public	N/A	$5,800	52%	$35,798
Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington	Lexington	Private For-Profit	N/A	$23,464	77%	$23,207
Paul Mitchell the School-Louisville	Louisville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$29,401	67%	$28,449
PJ's College of Cosmetology- Louisville	Louisville	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$20,392
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green	Bowling Green	Private For-Profit	N/A	$26,577	65%	$20,392
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow	Glasgow	Private For-Profit	N/A	$25,829	60%	$18,537
Regina Webb Academy	Bowling Green	Private For-Profit	N/A	$13,205	N/A	N/A
Ross College-Hopkinsville	Hopkinsville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$19,909	53%	$29,898
Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green	Bowling Green	Private For-Profit	N/A	$20,062	72%	$30,060
Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger	Erlanger	Private For-Profit	N/A	$19,448	68%	$29,898
Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro	Owensboro	Private For-Profit	N/A	$21,224	61%	$30,481
Simmons College of Kentucky	Louisville	Private Nonprofit	100%	$18,434	24%	N/A
Somerset Community College	Somerset	Public	N/A	$4,398	42%	$30,787
South Eastern Beauty Academy	Paintsville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$5,183	51%	N/A
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College	Bowling Green	Public	N/A	$3,537	55%	$34,242
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College	Cumberland	Public	N/A	$3,731	45%	$29,482
Spalding University	Louisville	Private Nonprofit	99%	$25,491	54%	$49,438
Sullivan University	Louisville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$25,532	56%	$38,008
Summit Salon Academy-Lexington	Lexington	Private For-Profit	81%	$14,778	55%	$24,148
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary	Louisville	Private Nonprofit	56%	N/A	42%	N/A
Thomas More University	Crestview Hills	Private Nonprofit	90%	$21,835	40%	$59,384
Transylvania University	Lexington	Private Nonprofit	87%	$21,913	71%	$54,705
Union Commonwealth University	Barbourville	Private Nonprofit	63%	$21,311	34%	$42,002
University of Kentucky	Lexington	Public	93%	$18,851	71%	$59,025
University of Louisville	Louisville	Public	79%	$17,988	61%	$53,899
University of Pikeville	Pikeville	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$20,311	40%	$48,231
University of the Cumberlands	Williamsburg	Private Nonprofit	99%	$14,107	48%	$45,036
West Kentucky Community and Technical College	Paducah	Public	N/A	$5,353	49%	$34,891
Western Kentucky University	Bowling Green	Public	94%	$10,990	55%	$43,889

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