Resources to Find Kentucky Colleges

Where to Start Looking to Find Kentucky Colleges

Families looking for Kentucky colleges should start at the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). It has the general features of a state sponsored college planning website including planning timelines starting for seventh grade. It provides a basic overview of admission options and commonly used criteria and requirements. Users can sign up for monthly newsletters which are archived on the website. There is also a link to KHEAA Kentucky College Access for your smart phone.

The website offers a basic college search tool for Kentucky schools only. If you create an account, you can save school information for comparisons. It includes information on Kentucky College Application week and a link to KYTranscript.org where users can request their high school transcript to be sent to colleges. Users can find out information on state specific financial aid programs such as the College Access Program Grant and the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship. There is also a collection of videos on planning and paying for college.

Students planning on starting out at a community college should visit the KnowHow2GoKY website. The website provides information on which courses transfer from community colleges to public four-year institutions. It also links to transfer information at the Kentucky Community & Technical College System.

Some Numbers to Help You Find a College

There are 27 four-year Kentucky colleges with 500 or more full-time undergraduates according to the Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System. Approximately 22 percent of students attend one of the 19 private colleges while  78 percent of students attend one of the eight state institutions.

The private colleges have an average four-year graduation rate of 33.2% and the public universities have an average five-year graduation rate of 39.1%. Six schools meet the DIY College Rankings 50-50 profile requirements.

College-bound seniors in Kentucky had an average of 19.9 ACT Composite score with a 19.4 for English and 19.4 for Math. The 75th Percentile scores were a Composite of 23, 24 for English, and 23 for Math. A total of 22 colleges ACT 75th% Composite scores were at or above this level.

The top 20 colleges ACT test takers in Kentucky applied to:

• University of Kentucky
• University of Louisville
• Western Kentucky University
• Eastern Kentucky University
• Morehead State University
• Murray State University
• Northern Kentucky University
• Bellarmine University
• Bluegrass Community & Technical College
• Campbellsville University
• University of Cincinnati
• Berea College
• Somerset Community College
• Georgetown College
• University of Pikeville
• Maysville Comm & Tech Coll-Morehead
• Lindsey Wilson College
• Kentucky State University
• Elizabethtown Comm and Tech College
• Transylvania University

Kentucky Colleges Conferences and Divisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of Kentucky Colleges

In the following table, the four-year graduation rate is used for private colleges and the five-year rate for public colleges. The data are based on the data available from IPEDS in December of 2014 which are available on the DIY College Search spreadsheet.

Kentucky Colleges with Graduation Rates and Test Scores
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Name	Type	Full-time Under- graduates	4/5 Yr Grad Rate	% Admitted	SAT CR 75th%	SAT Math 75th%	ACT 75th%	Net Price
Alice Lloyd College	Private	606	21	45	500	540	24	11036
Asbury University	Private	1326	56	66	620	620	27	19418
Bellarmine University	Private	2378	53	95	590	590	27	23977
Berea College	Private	1587	47	34	630	610	26	2323
Brescia University	Private	688	16	45		550	24	12399
Campbellsville University	Private	1982	28	68	505	525	24	14187
Centre College	Private	1378	80	69	670	680	31	25478
Eastern Kentucky University	Public	10969	33	60	560	550	24	11383
Georgetown College	Private	1000	49	82	610	560	26	19446
Kentucky State University	Public	1813	15	38	450	448	20	11635
Kentucky Wesleyan College	Private	621	25	67	540	555	25	15773
Lindsey Wilson College	Private	2101	15					15442
Mid-Continent University	Private	1822	5	70	500	500	24	27062
Midway College	Private	731	34	54	610	570	25	18624
Morehead State University	Public	6209	39	84	545	570	25	10119
Murray State University	Public	7153	48	82	520	540	25	9765
Northern Kentucky University	Public	9736	31	47	560	550	25	9044
Saint Catharine College	Private	570	18					18589
Spalding University	Private	954	18	81	520	525	22	16432
Thomas More College	Private	1140	42	88	520	560	25	19317
Transylvania University	Private	1067	67	96	660	630	30	21902
Union College	Private	729	16	74	563	513	24	17385
University of Kentucky	Public	19884	55	69	610	630	28	14839
University of Louisville	Public	12426	47	71	580	610	28	13875
University of Pikeville	Private	1282	16	100	500	510	22	15221
University of the Cumberlands	Private	1514	24	71	520	530	25	17097
Western Kentucky University	Public	13382	45	92	580	570	25	10597