Colleges in Kentucky

7 colleges in Kentucky are currently listed. It's a curated starting set, not every college in the state, so a school's absence doesn't mean anything about its quality.

By our tiers, the most selective Kentucky schools listed are Berea College. Treat these as reaches for nearly every applicant and balance them with lower-tier schools.

Bellarmine University, Centre College, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University are in our Accessible tier, which usually admits the large majority of applicants who meet eligibility requirements. Still confirm that your intended major is offered and not capped.

No. Tiers are broad bands based on reported acceptance rates, which change every cycle and differ by major. For a specific school's current numbers, use its Common Data Set; our guide "How to Build Your Own College List by Score and GPA" explains how.