The following is a list of colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Kentucky also has two early entrance to college programs, for academically gifted high school juniors and seniors, that allows the students to take college credits while finishing high school. They are the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, and the Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science.

Public universities

Private liberal arts colleges

* Alice Lloyd College * Asbury University *

Bellarmine University Bellarmine University (BU; ) is a private Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after Saint Rober ...

* Berea College * Campbellsville University * Centre College * Georgetown College *

Kentucky Wesleyan College Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC) is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky. The college is known for its liberal arts programs. Fall 2018 enrollment was 830 students. History Kentucky Wesleyan College was founded in 1858 by the Ken ...

* Lindsey Wilson College *

Midway University Midway University is a private Christian university in Midway, Kentucky. Related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), it enrolls approximately 1,900 students earning two-year and four-year degrees as well as master's degrees ...

* Spalding University * Thomas More University * Transylvania University * Union College * University of the Cumberlands * University of Pikeville

Private colleges and universities

American National University American National University, formerly National Business College, is a private for-profit university with multiple campuses in the United States, including Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. History The university ...

* Asbury Theological Seminary * Beckfield College *

Boyce College Boyce College is a private, Baptist Christian college located in the Crescent Hill neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Southern Baptist Convention). Boyce College was founded ...

* Brescia University *

Clear Creek Baptist Bible College Clear Creek Baptist Bible College (CCBBC) is a Private college, private Baptist Bible college in Pineville, Kentucky. It is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). CCBBC provides a Bible-based education focu ...

* Daymar College * Frontier Nursing University * Kentucky Christian University * Kentucky Mountain Bible College *

Lexington Theological Seminary Lexington Theological Seminary is a private Christian seminary in Lexington, Kentucky. Although it is related to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), it is intentionally ecumenical with almost 50 percent of its enrollment coming from o ...

* Louisville Bible College * Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary *

Simmons College of Kentucky Simmons College of Kentucky is a private historically black college in Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 1879, it is the nation's 107th HBCU and is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education. History Beginnings In August 186 ...

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in Louisville, Kentucky. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The seminary was founded in 1859 in Greenville, South Carolina, where it was at ...

Strayer University Strayer University is a private for-profit university with its headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1892 as Strayer's Business College and later became Strayer College, before being granted university status in 1998. Strayer Univer ...

Sullivan University Sullivan University is a private for-profit university based in Louisville, Kentucky. It is licensed to offer certificates and diplomas, associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education and ...

Kentucky Community and Technical College System

* Ashland Community and Technical College * Big Sandy Community and Technical College * Bluegrass Community and Technical College * Elizabethtown Community and Technical College * Gateway Community and Technical College * Hazard Community and Technical College *

Henderson Community College Henderson Community College (HCC) is a community college in Henderson, Kentucky. It is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It was established in 1960 under the leadership o ...

Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville Community College (HCC) is a public community college in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Founded in 1965, HCC maintains a main ...

* Jefferson Community and Technical College *

Madisonville Community College Madisonville Community College (MCC) is a public community college in Madisonville, Kentucky. It is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). MCC was originally established as a ...

* Maysville Community and Technical College * Owensboro Community and Technical College *

Somerset Community College Somerset Community College (SCC) is a public community college in Somerset, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). The college offers academic, general education, and technical curricula leading t ...

* Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College *

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKCTC) is a public community college in Cumberland, Kentucky. It is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It was founded ...

West Kentucky Community and Technical College West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) is a public community college in Paducah, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) and was formed by the 2003 consolidation of Paducah Community Col ...

Kentucky dental schools

* University of Kentucky College of Dentistry * University of Louisville School of Dentistry

Kentucky law schools

* Salmon P. Chase College of Law * University of Kentucky College of Law * University of Louisville School of Law

Kentucky medical schools

* University of Kentucky College of Medicine * University of Louisville School of Medicine *

University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine The University of Pikeville - Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine (UP-KYCOM) is the medical school of University of Pikeville in Pikeville, Kentucky. UP-KYCOM was established in 1997, grants the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree. It is ...

Former institutions

* Mid-Continent University *

National College National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

* St. Catharine College *

Spencerian College Spencerian College was a private, for-profit career college in Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. It was founded in 1892 as the Spencerian Commercial School, a private for-profit business school, by Enos ...

Sue Bennett College Sue Bennett College was a private College#United States, college in London, Kentucky which operated from 1897 through 1997. It was affiliated originally with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and later the United Methodist Church. It began as an ...

* Sullivan College of Technology and Design

References

External links

Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Kentucky

United States Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
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