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Kentucky Colleges Summary

Kentucky has more than 100 colleges and post-secondary schools with approximately 250,000 students. For-profit schools are relatively common in Kentucky - more than 40% of the schools are for-profit. Among these, personal care schools, teaching trades such as cosmetology and hair care represent more than half of the for-profit schools.

Kentucky has seven schools with more than 10,000 students. These are: University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, Western Kentucky University, Eastern Kentucky University, Jefferson Community College (7939 FTEs), Northern Kentucky University, Murray State University. The largest is the University of Kentucky with more than 25,000 students.

Also of interest is that Jefferson Community College has more than 14,000 students, although more than half of their students attend on a part time basis. Sullivan University is the state's largest private college, with over 5,000 students.

There are also four seminary schools in Kentucky. The largest is The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with more than 3,000 students, and the smallest is the Lexington Theological Seminary with under 100 students. The other two are the Asbury Theological Seminary, and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

The Kentucky Department of Education is based in the state capital city of Frankfort, in the Capital Plaza Tower at 500 Mero Street. The web address for the Kentucky DOE is http://www.education.ky.gov

Kentucky Colleges and Career Schools

SchoolCityStudentsDormsOpen AdmissionTypical SAT Range
Alice Lloyd CollegePippa Passes635460NoV: 440-460
M: 440-460
Appalachian Beauty SchoolSouth Williamson33 Yes 
Asbury CollegeWilmore1,2961,148NoV: 520-660
M: 500-620
Asbury Theological SeminaryWilmore1,569298No 
Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland3,920 Yes 
Ashland Technical CollegeAshland  Yes 
Barrett and Company School of Hair DesignNicholasville110 Yes 
Bellarmine UniversityLouisville2,827720NoV: 490-600
M: 500-600
Bellefonte Academy of BeautyRussell108 Yes 
Berea CollegeBerea1,5951,416NoV: 510-638
M: 503-618
Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg4,813 Yes 
Big Sandy Community and Technical College - Mayo CampusPaintsville  Yes 
Bowling Green Technical CollegeBowling Green2,840 Yes 
Brescia UniversityOwensboro621274NoV: 370-600
M: 260-570
Brighton Center's Center for Employment TrainingNewport128 Yes 
Brown Mackie CollegeFort Mitchell, Hopkinsville, Louisville  Yes 
Brown Mackie College - HopkinsvilleHopkinsville155 Yes 
Brown Mackie College - LouisvilleLouisville92 Yes 
Brown Mackie College - Northern KentuckyFort Mitchell517 Yes 
Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsville2,271802NoV: 450-570
M: 450-590
Central Kentucky Technical CollegeLexington4,049 Yes 
Centre CollegeDanville1,1301,130NoV: 580-678
M: 600-670
Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegePineville212168Yes 
Collins School of CosmetologyMiddlesboro22 Yes 
Daymar CollegeOwensboro307 No 
Daymar College - LouisvilleLouisville293 Yes 
Decker College IncLouisville  No 
DeVry UniversityLouisville  Yes 
Donta School of Beauty CultureLouisville74 No 
Draughons Junior CollegeBowling Green457 Yes 
E - Town Beauty SchoolElizabethtown22 Yes 
Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond16,2195,334NoV: 450-560
M: 440-580
Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown4,938 Yes 
Elizabethtown Technical CollegeElizabethtown  Yes 
Ezell's Cosmetology SchoolMurray22 Yes 
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family NursingHyden311 No 
Galen Health InstitutesLouisville111 No 
Gateway Community and Technical CollegeCovington2,952 Yes 
Georgetown CollegeGeorgetown1,9041,255NoV: 480-590
M: 470-590
Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard3,88355Yes 
Heads West Kentucky Beauty CollegeMadisonville33 Yes 
Henderson Community CollegeHenderson1,922 Yes 
Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville3,179 Yes 
Interactive College of TechnologyFlorence60 Yes 
ITT Technical InstituteLexington, Louisville  Yes 
J M Academy of Cosmetology IncFrankfort19 Yes 
Jefferson Community CollegeLouisville14,231 Yes 
Jefferson Technical CollegeLouisville  Yes 
Jenny Lea Academy of CosmetologyHarlan27 Yes 
Jenny Lea Academy of CosmetologyWhitesburg17 Yes 
Kaufman Beauty SchoolLexington30 Yes 
Kentucky Christian UniversityGrayson591 NoV: 450-560
M: 430-560
Kentucky Mountain Bible CollegeVancleve80100No 
Kentucky State UniversityFrankfort2,386849NoV: 390-490
M: 380-490
Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeOwensboro755425NoV: 400-570
M: 460-580
Lexington Community CollegeLexington8,310 Yes 
Lexington Theological SeminaryLexington9980No 
Lindsey Wilson CollegeColumbia1,902827Yes 
Louisville Bible CollegeLouisville17214No 
Louisville Presbyterian Theological SeminaryLouisville20490No 
Louisville Technical InstituteLouisville  Yes 
Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonville3,769 Yes 
Maysville Community and Technical College - Morehead CampusMorehead  Yes 
Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville3,267 Yes 
Mid - Continent UniversityMayfield974142NoV: 380-600
M: 370-540
Midway CollegeMidway1,279200Yes 
Morehead State UniversityMorehead9,0033,100NoV: 420-530
M: 410-560
Motif Beauty AcademyWinchester24 Yes 
Mr Jim's College of CosmetologyOwensboro26 Yes 
Murray State UniversityMurray10,2663,011No 
National CollegeDanville, Florence, Lexington, Louisville, Pikeville, Richmond  Yes 
Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland Heights14,0041,398NoV: 440-540
M: 440-560
Nutek Academy of Beauty IncMount Sterling46 Yes 
Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro5,041 Yes 
Paducah Technical CollegePaducah89 Yes 
Pat Wilsons Beauty CollegeHenderson46 No 
Pikeville CollegePikeville1,129525Yes 
PJ's College of CosmetologyGlasgow19 Yes 
PJ's College of CosmetologyBowling Green293 Yes 
Saint Catharine CollegeSaint Catharine683164Yes 
Somerset Community CollegeSomerset6,075 Yes 
Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeCumberland4,712 Yes 
Southeast School of CosmetologyManchester28 Yes 
Southwestern CollegeFlorence  Yes 
Southwestern CollegeFlorence238 Yes 
Spalding UniversityLouisville1,641334NoV: 460-550
M: 450-570
Spencerian CollegeLexington, Louisville  Yes 
Strayer UniversityLexington, Louisville  Yes 
Sullivan UniversityFt. Knox, Lexington, Louisville  Yes 
The Hair Design SchoolElizabethtown92 Yes 
The Hair Design SchoolLouisville163 Yes 
The Hair Design SchoolLouisville52 Yes 
The Hair Design SchoolFlorence96 Yes 
The Hair Design SchoolLouisville66 Yes 
The Hair Design SchoolLouisville132 Yes 
The Hair Design School An Empire SchoolElizabethtown, Florence, Louisville  Yes 
The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryLouisville3,263445No 
Thomas More CollegeCrestview Hills1,434400NoV: 450-610
M: 460-590
Transylvania UniversityLexington1,151886NoV: 543-642
M: 537-641
Trend Setters Academy - LouisvilleLouisville64 Yes 
Trend Setters Academy of Beauty Culture - ElizabethtownElizabethtown112 Yes 
Union CollegeBarbourville1,190324NoV: 400-490
M: 370-460
Union College - Bennett CenterLondon34 No 
University of KentuckyLexington25,6726,800NoV: 510-620
M: 510-640
University of LouisvilleLouisville  Yes 
University of LouisvilleLouisville20,7263,165NoV: 490-620
M: 490-610
University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburg1,8431,128NoV: 450-560
M: 460-570
West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah6,768 Yes 
West Kentucky Technical CollegePaducah  Yes 
Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green18,6345,046NoV: 450-550
M: 440-560

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