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Kentucky Colleges by the Numbers
25 four-year Kentucky colleges — click any for its profile: acceptance rates, SAT ranges, tuition for all 25, with Kentucky medians up top.
Published in-state tuition runs from $9,387 at the cheapest campus to $52,820 at the most expensive — a $43,433 spread inside Kentucky alone. Kentucky's ten-year earnings benchmark of $45,036 sits 16% below the national median for college-goers. In Kentucky, 4 schools don't look at test scores at all, while 2 — including Georgetown College — still require them.
Kentucky has 25 four-year colleges with full admissions profiles here — from University of Kentucky at 24,763 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. The most selective door in the state is Berea College at 19.3% admitted; the most open is Kentucky Mountain Bible College at 100%.
Each Kentucky school links to its profile — admissions, cost, earnings. To see where you stand in Kentucky, bring your saved calculator numbers.
Kentucky medians
| Acceptance rate | Tuition (in-state) | Median earnings (10 yr) | 6-yr graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79.6% | $26,625 | $45,036 | 51% |
Medians across 30 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Kentucky; the table below lists the 25 with complete admissions records.
All Kentucky colleges in our data
| College | City | Acceptance | SAT middle 50% | Tuition (in) | Undergrads | Median earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Lloyd College | Pippa Passes | 75.2% | ACT 16–21 | $13,960 | 558 | $40,573 |
| Asbury University | Wilmore | 63.4% | not considered | $33,640 | 1,420 | $42,368 |
| Bellarmine University | Louisville | 86.1% | 1075–1243 | $48,770 | 2,161 | $62,069 |
| Berea College | Berea | 19.3% | 1156–1335 | $51,658 | 1,513 | $43,150 |
| Brescia University | Owensboro | 35.2% | not considered | $31,550 | 545 | $45,500 |
| Campbellsville University | Campbellsville | 79.7% | not considered | $27,998 | 2,840 | $41,583 |
| Centre College | Danville | 54.4% | 1230–1423 | $52,820 | 1,400 | $66,240 |
| Eastern Kentucky University | Richmond | 77.6% | 930–1190 | $10,320 | 12,318 | $45,795 |
| Georgetown College | Georgetown | 91.1% | 1030–1230 | $42,840 | 1,097 | $52,074 |
| Kentucky Christian University | Grayson | 60.9% | 900–1040 | $26,625 | 429 | $42,375 |
| Kentucky Mountain Bible College | Jackson | 100% | ACT 13–22 | $10,360 | 69 | $21,256 |
| Kentucky State University | Frankfort | 96.1% | 820–1010 | $9,387 | 1,309 | $36,382 |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | Owensboro | 71.6% | 750–1130 | $34,673 | 842 | $46,747 |
| Midway University | Midway | 95.1% | 1030–1120 | $27,220 | 1,262 | $44,246 |
| Morehead State University | Morehead | 77.2% | — | $10,024 | 4,578 | $43,197 |
| Murray State University | Murray | 85.7% | 950–1190 | $9,900 | 6,688 | $44,737 |
| Northern Kentucky University | Highland Heights | 67.7% | 916–1133 | $11,088 | 8,246 | $50,220 |
| Spalding University | Louisville | 99.5% | 853–1103 | $29,200 | 583 | $49,438 |
| Thomas More University | Crestview Hills | 90.3% | 1000–1150 | $39,800 | 1,293 | $59,384 |
| Transylvania University | Lexington | 86.6% | 1100–1290 | $46,870 | 1,005 | $54,705 |
| Union Commonwealth University | Barbourville | 63.1% | 920–1105 | $30,946 | 746 | $42,002 |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington | 92.9% | 1080–1290 | $13,502 | 24,763 | $59,025 |
| University of Louisville | Louisville | 79.4% | 1020–1250 | $13,136 | 14,727 | $53,899 |
| University of the Cumberlands | Williamsburg | 98.8% | not considered | $9,875 | 6,941 | $45,036 |
| Western Kentucky University | Bowling Green | 93.9% | 820–1010 | $11,652 | 12,155 | $43,889 |
Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" schools ignore tests entirely. Wondering where your own numbers fit? TheGPA calculator andSAT score calculator give you the other half of this table.
Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (Jun 2026), IPEDS ADM2023/HD2024. Retrieved 2026-09-01.