Colleges Near Kentucky
Every city in Kentucky with at least one accredited college. Pick a city to see every college there, with verified data from the College Scorecard and IPEDS.
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This page breaks down every city in Kentucky with an accredited college, so you can see where the options actually are. The highest-rated of them is the cost and admissions data at MedQuest College, in Louisville.
Kentucky's 56 colleges are spread across 37 cities. Louisville has the most, with 11 colleges, while 29 smaller cities have a single college each. Across Kentucky, the average net price works out to roughly $14,155 a year, after grants and scholarships are applied.
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Across the whole state, the highest-scoring college is the full profile for Berea College.
8 four-year and 3 two-year colleges. Top-rated: MedQuest College. Average net price around $20,126.
View all colleges →2 four-year and 1 two-year colleges. Top-rated: University of Kentucky. Average net price around $15,626.
View all colleges →2 four-year and 1 two-year colleges. Top-rated: Owensboro Community and Technical College. Average net price around $10,547.
View all colleges →1 four-year and 1 two-year colleges. Top-rated: Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College. Average net price around $7,264.
View all colleges →1 four-year and 1 two-year colleges. Top-rated: Gateway Community and Technical College. Average net price around $16,929.
View all colleges →2 two-year colleges. Top-rated: Hazard Community and Technical College. Average net price around $12,060.
View all colleges →2 two-year colleges. Top-rated: Hopkinsville Community College. Average net price around $12,892.
View all colleges →1 four-year and 1 two-year colleges. Top-rated: University of Pikeville. Average net price around $24,393.
View all colleges →1 two-year college. Top-rated: Ashland Community and Technical College. Average net price around $5,717.
View all colleges →1 four-year college. Top-rated: Union Commonwealth University. Average net price around $21,311.
View all colleges →1 four-year college. Top-rated: Berea College. Average net price around $6,106.
View all colleges →1 four-year college. Top-rated: Campbellsville University. Average net price around $19,341.
View all colleges →In Lexington, the strongest option is the cost and admissions data at University of Kentucky.
More Cities in Kentucky
- Columbia 1 college
- Crestview Hills 1 college
- Cumberland 1 college
- Danville 1 college
- Elizabethtown 1 college
- Frankfort 1 college
- Georgetown 1 college
- Grayson 1 college
- Henderson 1 college
- Highland Heights 1 college
- Jackson 1 college
- Madisonville 1 college
- Maysville 1 college
- Midway 1 college
- Morehead 1 college
- Murray 1 college
- Newport 1 college
- Paducah 1 college
- Pineville 1 college
- Pippa Passes 1 college
- Prestonsburg 1 college
- Richmond 1 college
- Somerset 1 college
- Williamsburg 1 college
- Wilmore 1 college
Every College in Kentucky
All 56 accredited colleges in Kentucky, A to Z, with the city each one sits in. Every name links straight to its profile.
In Owensboro, the strongest option is the cost and admissions data at Owensboro Community and Technical College.
For rankings, costs, and outcomes across the whole state rather than one college at a time, see the full Kentucky college guide.
- Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes
- American National University-Louisville Louisville
- Asbury University Wilmore
- Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland
- ATA College Louisville
- Beckfield College-Florence Florence
- Bellarmine University Louisville
- Berea College Berea
- Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg
- Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington
- Brescia University Owensboro
- Campbellsville University Campbellsville
- Centre College Danville
- Clear Creek Baptist Bible College Pineville
- Eastern Kentucky University Richmond
- Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown
- Galen College of Nursing-ARH Hazard
- Galen College of Nursing-Louisville Louisville
- Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville Pikeville
- Gateway Community and Technical College Florence
- Georgetown College Georgetown
- Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard
- Henderson Community College Henderson
- Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville
- Interactive College of Technology-Newport Newport
- Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville
- Kentucky Christian University Grayson
- Kentucky Mountain Bible College Jackson
- Kentucky State University Frankfort
- Kentucky Wesleyan College Owensboro
- Lindsey Wilson University Columbia
- Madisonville Community College Madisonville
- Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville
- MedQuest College Louisville
- Midway University Midway
- Morehead State University Morehead
- Murray State University Murray
- Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights
- Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro
- Ross College-Hopkinsville Hopkinsville
- Simmons College of Kentucky Louisville
- Somerset Community College Somerset
- Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green
- Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland
- Spalding University Louisville
- Sullivan University Louisville
- The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville
- Thomas More University Crestview Hills
- Transylvania University Lexington
- Union Commonwealth University Barbourville
- University of Kentucky Lexington
- University of Louisville Louisville
- University of Pikeville Pikeville
- University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah
- Western Kentucky University Bowling Green
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