Colleges in Kentucky
Solyo has full profiles for 5 colleges in Kentucky: 2 public, 3 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $18,851 a year after grant aid, $2,714 below the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 79% of applicants. They sit across 4 cities, concentrated in Lexington, Berea, Danville.
What Kentucky costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Kentucky public university is $13,502 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of Kentucky, where an out-of-state family pays $20,638 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $6,106 at Berea College to $21,913 at Transylvania University. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Kentucky.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Kentucky schools are
Berea College admits 19% of applicants and University of Kentucky admits 93%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Kentucky is 1352 at Centre College.
Every Kentucky college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky · Private nonprofit19% acceptance · $6,106 net price · 1249 avg SAT
- Centre CollegeDanville, Kentucky · Private nonprofit54% acceptance · $20,781 net price · 1352 avg SAT
- University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky · Public79% acceptance · $17,988 net price · 1150 avg SAT
- Transylvania UniversityLexington, Kentucky · Private nonprofit87% acceptance · $21,913 net price · 1287 avg SAT
- University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky · Public93% acceptance · $18,851 net price · 1215 avg SAT
Other South states
On median net price Kentucky is the 10th most affordable of the 17 South states in this directory, and the 4th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- Texas (17)
- Florida (12)
- Georgia (12)
- Virginia (12)
- North Carolina (11)
- Maryland (8)
- Tennessee (8)
- South Carolina (7)
- Alabama (7)
- Louisiana (3)
- Oklahoma (3)
- District of Columbia (2)
- Mississippi (2)
- Delaware (1)
- West Virginia (1)
- Arkansas (1)
Where to go next
- College search filter Kentucky and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- All 2 HBCUs in Kentucky admission rates, net price and graduate earnings
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
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