Kentucky has 44 private and 8 public 4-year colleges that enroll 137,910 freshman students every year. The average tuition of public colleges is $8,985 (for in-state students) and $20,471 (for out-of-state students). The private colleges charge around $19,290 per year in tuition regardless of residency.
In the 2016-2017 academic year, the state of Kentucky provided $49,224,638 in financial aid to 17,158 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates, while the colleges themselves awarded $173,292,148 in grant and scholarships to 17,063 students.
Kentucky receives 1.6% of the total pell grant allotment from the federal government. In 2016-2017 academic year, 10,056 4-year colleges freshmen were awarded a total amount of $44,695,653 in pell grant ($4,492 per student on average) and 14,334 students received a total amount of $80,112,084 in the form of student loan from the federal government ($6,317 per student on average).
College Name | College Type | Net Price | In-State Tuition | Out-of-State Tuition | Acceptance rate |
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Alice Lloyd College
Location: Pippa Passes, KY |
Private not for profit |
$14,200 | $9,600 | $9,600 |
22%
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American National University-Lexington
Location: Lexington, KY |
Private for profit |
$17,973 | $14,832 | $14,832 |
Open admission
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Asbury Theological Seminary
Location: Wilmore, KY |
Private not for profit |
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Asbury University
Location: Wilmore, KY |
Private not for profit |
$23,750 | $28,432 | $28,432 |
70%
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Beckfield College-Florence
Location: Florence, KY |
Private for profit |
$27,812 | $12,780 | $12,780 |
Open admission
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Bellarmine University
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private not for profit |
$24,742 | $37,850 | $37,850 |
82%
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Berea College
Location: Berea, KY |
Private not for profit |
$2,862 | $24,900 | $24,900 |
33%
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Brescia University
Location: Owensboro, KY |
Private not for profit |
$12,181 | $20,500 | $20,500 |
47%
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Brown Mackie College-Louisville
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
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Campbellsville University
Location: Campbellsville, KY |
Private not for profit |
$15,520 | $24,096 | $24,096 |
70%
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Centre College
Location: Danville, KY |
Private not for profit |
$25,519 | $39,300 | $39,300 |
74%
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Clear Creek Baptist Bible College
Location: Pineville, KY |
Private not for profit |
$5,764 | $6,480 | $6,480 |
Open admission
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Daymar College-Bellevue
Location: Bellevue, KY |
Private for profit |
$15,000 | $15,000 |
Open admission
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Daymar College-Bowling Green
Location: Bowling Green, KY |
Private for profit |
$23,762 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
Open admission
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Daymar College-Louisville
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$15,000 | $15,000 |
Open admission
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Daymar College-Louisville
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$15,000 | $15,000 |
Open admission
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Daymar College-Online
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$22,182 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
Open admission
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Daymar College-Owensboro
Location: Owensboro, KY |
Private for profit |
$21,128 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
Open admission
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Eastern Kentucky University
Location: Richmond, KY |
Public | $12,255 | $8,568 | $17,880 |
86%
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Frontier Nursing University
Location: Hyden, KY |
Private not for profit |
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Galen College of Nursing-Louisville
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$23,863 | $37,015 | $37,015 |
Open admission
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Georgetown College
Location: Georgetown, KY |
Private not for profit |
$18,330 | $35,650 | $35,650 |
66%
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Kentucky Christian University
Location: Grayson, KY |
Private not for profit |
$20,290 | $18,150 | $18,150 |
39%
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Kentucky Mountain Bible College
Location: Jackson, KY |
Private not for profit |
$11,876 | $6,900 | $6,900 |
58%
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Kentucky State University
Location: Frankfort, KY |
Public | $6,503 | $7,364 | $17,666 |
49%
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Kentucky Wesleyan College
Location: Owensboro, KY |
Private not for profit |
$18,265 | $23,350 | $23,350 |
57%
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Lexington Theological Seminary
Location: Lexington, KY |
Private not for profit |
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Lindsey Wilson College
Location: Columbia, KY |
Private not for profit |
$15,467 | $23,520 | $23,520 |
Open admission
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Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private not for profit |
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Midway University
Location: Midway, KY |
Private not for profit |
$23,802 | $23,100 | $23,100 |
60%
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Morehead State University
Location: Morehead, KY |
Public | $11,296 | $8,496 | $12,744 |
86%
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Murray State University
Location: Murray, KY |
Public | $10,529 | $7,296 | $21,576 |
85%
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Northern Kentucky University
Location: Highland Heights, KY |
Public | $8,910 | $9,000 | $18,000 |
91%
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Simmons College of Kentucky
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private not for profit |
$9,390 | $4,920 | $4,920 |
Open admission
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Spalding University
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private not for profit |
$20,859 | $24,388 | $24,388 |
50%
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Spencerian College-Louisville
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$23,621 | $19,800 | $19,800 |
Open admission
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Sullivan College of Technology and Design
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$23,301 | $19,356 | $19,356 | |
Sullivan University
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$23,262 | $19,200 | $19,200 |
Open admission
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The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private not for profit |
$22,863 | $17,376 | $17,376 | |
Thomas More College
Location: Crestview Hills, KY |
Private not for profit |
$19,339 | $28,050 | $28,050 |
89%
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Transylvania University
Location: Lexington, KY |
Private not for profit |
$23,685 | $34,370 | $34,370 |
95%
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Union College
Location: Barbourville, KY |
Private not for profit |
$18,583 | $23,640 | $23,640 |
67%
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University of Kentucky
Location: Lexington, KY |
Public | $17,850 | $10,173 | $25,023 |
91%
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University of Louisville
Location: Louisville, KY |
Public | $16,249 | $11,068 | $26,090 |
73%
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University of Phoenix-Kentucky
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
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University of Pikeville
Location: Pikeville, KY |
Private not for profit |
$16,504 | $19,600 | $19,600 | |
University of the Cumberlands
Location: Williamsburg, KY |
Private not for profit |
$17,619 | $22,640 | $22,640 |
71%
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Western Kentucky University
Location: Bowling Green, KY |
Public | $11,409 | $9,912 | $24,792 |
94%
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College Name | College Type | Net Price | In-State Tuition | Out-of-State Tuition | Acceptance rate |
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Appalachian Beauty School
Location: South Williamson, KY |
Private for profit |
$9,397 | $11,500 | $11,500 |
Open admission
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Ashland Community and Technical College
Location: Ashland, KY |
Public | $6,451 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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ATA College
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$21,544 | $11,520 | $11,520 |
Open admission
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Barrett and Company School of Hair Design
Location: Nicholasville, KY |
Private for profit |
$12,787 | $17,115 | $17,115 |
Open admission
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Bellefonte Academy of Beauty
Location: Russell, KY |
Private for profit |
$16,900 | $16,900 |
Open admission
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Big Sandy Community and Technical College
Location: Prestonsburg, KY |
Public | $5,233 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Location: Lexington, KY |
Public | $7,739 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Brown Mackie College-Hopkinsville
Location: Hopkinsville, KY |
Private for profit |
$19,692 | $11,592 | $11,592 |
Open admission
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Daymar College-Madisonville
Location: Madisonville, KY |
Private for profit |
$23,144 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
Open admission
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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
Location: Elizabethtown, KY |
Public | $7,499 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$11,755 | $17,136 | $17,136 |
Open admission
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Empire Beauty School-Dixie
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$12,138 | $17,136 | $17,136 |
Open admission
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Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown
Location: Elizabethtown, KY |
Private for profit |
$11,901 | $17,136 | $17,136 |
Open admission
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Empire Beauty School-Florence
Location: Florence, KY |
Private for profit |
$10,789 | $17,136 | $17,136 |
Open admission
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Empire Beauty School-Hurstborne
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$13,108 | $17,136 | $17,136 |
Open admission
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Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education
Location: Lexington, KY |
Private not for profit |
$13,816 | $21,780 | $21,780 |
Open admission
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Gateway Community and Technical College
Location: Florence, KY |
Public | $8,968 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Hazard Community and Technical College
Location: Hazard, KY |
Public | $5,473 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Henderson Community College
Location: Henderson, KY |
Public | $7,501 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Hopkinsville Community College
Location: Hopkinsville, KY |
Public | $7,221 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Ideal Beauty Academy
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$10,195 | $12,166 | $12,166 |
Open admission
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Interactive College of Technology-Newport
Location: Newport, KY |
Private for profit |
$11,570 | $9,240 | $9,240 |
Open admission
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Jefferson Community and Technical College
Location: Louisville, KY |
Public | $8,265 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Jenny Lea Academy of Cosmetology
Location: Whitesburg, KY |
Private for profit |
$6,456 | $10,360 | $10,360 |
Open admission
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Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology
Location: Bowling Green, KY |
Private for profit |
$9,145 | $13,600 | $13,600 |
Open admission
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Madisonville Community College
Location: Madisonville, KY |
Public | $7,284 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Maysville Community and Technical College
Location: Maysville, KY |
Public | $5,766 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Owensboro Community and Technical College
Location: Owensboro, KY |
Public | $7,144 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington
Location: Lexington, KY |
Private for profit |
$10,677 | $16,816 | $16,816 |
Open admission
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Paul Mitchell the School-Louisville
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$8,856 | $15,900 | $15,900 |
Open admission
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PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green
Location: Bowling Green, KY |
Private for profit |
$8,340 | $15,100 | $15,100 |
Open admission
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PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow
Location: Glasgow, KY |
Private for profit |
$9,574 | $15,100 | $15,100 |
Open admission
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Regina Webb Academy
Location: Bowling Green, KY |
Private for profit |
$15,046 | $15,300 | $15,300 |
Open admission
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Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green
Location: Bowling Green, KY |
Private for profit |
$19,094 | $15,740 | $15,740 |
Open admission
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Somerset Community College
Location: Somerset, KY |
Public | $5,783 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
Location: Bowling Green, KY |
Public | $7,106 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College
Location: Cumberland, KY |
Public | $5,544 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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Spencerian College-Lexington
Location: Lexington, KY |
Private for profit |
$19,751 | $17,940 | $17,940 |
Open admission
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Summit Salon Academy-Lexington
Location: Lexington, KY |
Private for profit |
$9,953 | $15,600 | $15,600 |
Open admission
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Trend Setters' Academy of Beauty Culture-Elizabethtown
Location: Elizabethtown, KY |
Private for profit |
$11,072 | $16,650 | $16,650 |
Open admission
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Trend Setters' Academy of Beauty Culture-Louisville
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$12,761 | $16,650 | $16,650 |
Open admission
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Trend Setters' Academy of Beauty Culture-Louisville
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$9,512 | $16,650 | $16,650 |
Open admission
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West Kentucky Community and Technical College
Location: Paducah, KY |
Public | $7,441 | $3,744 | $13,104 |
Open admission
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College Name | College Type | Net Price | Tuition and Fees | Acceptance rate |
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American College of Barbering
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$11,213 | $13,700 |
Open admission
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Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training
Location: Newport, KY |
Private not for profit |
$10,813 | $8,350 |
Open admission
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Kentucky Horseshoeing School
Location: Richmond, KY |
Private for profit |
$20,567 | $25,000 |
Open admission
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Lexington Healing Arts Academy
Location: Lexington, KY |
Private for profit |
Open admission
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Medical Career & Technical College
Location: Richmond, KY |
Private for profit |
$28,399 | $8,770 |
70%
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MedQuest College
Location: Louisville, KY |
Private for profit |
$19,035 | $13,500 |
Open admission
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Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger
Location: Erlanger, KY |
Private for profit |
$15,977 | $15,740 |
Open admission
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Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro
Location: Owensboro, KY |
Private for profit |
$19,702 | $15,740 |
Open admission
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Tri-State Barber College
Location: Ashland, KY |
Private for profit |
$4,786 | $9,650 |
Open admission
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Tri-State Institute of Hair Design
Location: London, KY |
Private for profit |
$13,870 | $10,400 |
Open admission
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