There are 87 colleges in Kentucky - 24 public and 63 private schools. The 2025 average undergraduate tuition of the Kentucky colleges is $11,126 for state residents and $26,139 for out-of-state students.

44 Kentucky cities have at least one college and, of them, Louisville has the most of 18 colleges. It has 9 four-year colleges and 3 community colleges with a total of 55,792 students. Lexington and Bowling Green also has a number of colleges of 8 and 6 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the Kentucky colleges by city. The 2025 tuition & fees based on 4-year colleges' cost. You can view the list of colleges and average statistics for each city by following the link on the city name. Furthermore, you can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the colum title.

87 Kentucky Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Louisville 18936 $25,596
($13,136)		 $15,588
($15,128)		 55,792 43,654 12,138 14 to 1
Lexington 8314 $30,043
($13,502)		 $22,829
($14,644)		 49,386 40,129 9,257 13 to 1
Bowling Green 6114 $27,000
($11,652)		 $18,340
($12,140)		 22,471 20,331 2,140 17 to 1
Florence 4112 $13,295 - 5,980 5,980 - 14 to 1
Owensboro 4211 $33,112 $20,950 6,490 6,360 130 22 to 1
Richmond 31-2 $21,230
($10,320)		 $14,628
($10,794)		 15,939 13,714 2,225 14 to 1
Hopkinsville 2-2- - - 2,301 2,301 - 21 to 1
Pikeville 211- $24,850 $8,550 2,716 1,709 1,007 13 to 1
Elizabethtown 2-11 - - 6,591 6,591 - 26 to 1
Newport 2-11 - - 154 154 - 9 to 1
Wilmore 22-- $33,640 $13,530 3,789 1,789 2,000 7 to 1
Hazard 2-2- - - 3,484 3,484 - 16 to 1
Cumberland 1-1- - - 3,371 3,371 - 23 to 1
Murray 11-- $19,836
($9,900)		 $10,683
($10,683)		 10,020 7,851 2,169 17 to 1
Frankfort 11-- $13,578
($9,387)		 $11,439
($11,438)		 2,020 1,793 227 10 to 1
Barbourville 11-- $30,946 $8,930 1,324 775 549 14 to 1
Versailles 11-- - $20,460 2,664 - 2,664 -
Highland Heights 11-- $21,912
($11,088)		 $16,350
($10,788)		 15,347 10,163 5,184 19 to 1
Campbellsville 11-- $27,998 $9,920 10,836 6,848 3,988 19 to 1
Columbia 11-- $27,808 $10,163 4,193 1,722 2,471 16 to 1
Whitesburg 1--1 - - 17 17 - 10 to 1
Pippa Passes 11-- $13,960 - 589 589 - 15 to 1
Glasgow 1--1 - - 44 44 - 10 to 1
Danville 11-- $52,820 - 1,404 1,404 - 10 to 1
Maysville 1-1- - - 4,434 4,434 - 22 to 1
Erlanger 1--1 - - 77 77 - 39 to 1
Ashland 1-1- - - 2,552 2,552 - 18 to 1
Henderson 1-1- - - 1,944 1,944 - 20 to 1
Somerset 1-1- - - 6,155 6,155 - 19 to 1
Williamsburg 11-- $9,875 $3,195 22,120 7,612 14,508 23 to 1
Morehead 11-- $14,980
($10,024)		 $10,512
($10,512)		 8,791 8,258 533 16 to 1
Manchester 1--1 - - 56 56 - 20 to 1
Berea 11-- $51,658 - 1,527 1,527 - 9 to 1
Jackson 11-- $10,360 $8,910 94 88 6 9 to 1
Crestview Hills 11-- $39,025 $16,080 2,350 2,126 224 14 to 1
Grayson 11-- $26,300 $5,350 550 494 56 12 to 1
Belfry 1--1 - - 49 49 - 20 to 1
Georgetown 11-- $42,840 $11,880 1,345 1,111 234 13 to 1
Paducah 1-1- - - 5,274 5,274 - 18 to 1
Madisonville 1-1- - - 3,569 3,569 - 17 to 1
Prestonsburg 1-1- - - 2,618 2,618 - 14 to 1
Pineville 11-- $10,720 $4,300 183 160 23 12 to 1
Midway 11-- $19,110 $5,650 2,003 1,752 251 15 to 1
Paintsville 1--1 - - 45 45 - 20 to 1