What colleges in Kentucky actually cost
The sticker price is not what most families pay. Every Kentucky college below shows its published cost of attendance beside the average net price families in the lowest reported income band actually paid after grants and scholarships — no account needed.
- Colleges
- 79
- in Kentucky with net-price data
- Median sticker price
- $24,616
- a year, across the 79 with a cost of attendance
- Median college's avg. net price, under $30,000
- $13,951
- after grants — the median of each college's average, across the 79 that report this band
| College | City | Sticker price | Avg. net price (income band) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Lloyd College | Pippa Passes | $31,200 | $17,444Under $30,000 |
| American College of Barbering | Louisville | $25,618 | $21,473Under $30,000 |
| American National University-Louisville | Louisville | $25,356 | $16,977Under $30,000 |
| Appalachian Beauty School | Belfry | $17,455 | $12,364Under $30,000 |
| Asbury University | Wilmore | $47,459 | $18,455Under $30,000 |
| Ashland Community and Technical College | Ashland | $14,374 | $4,881Under $30,000 |
| ATA College | Louisville | $31,920 | $28,379Under $30,000 |
| Beckfield College-Florence | Florence | $34,541 | $27,756Under $30,000 |
| Bellarmine University | Louisville | $61,691 | $18,430Under $30,000 |
| Berea Beauty Academy | Berea | $10,860 | $7,437Under $30,000 |
| Berea College | Berea | $60,718 | $5,428Under $30,000 |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical College | Prestonsburg | $13,047 | $3,198Under $30,000 |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College | Lexington | $13,902 | $4,728Under $30,000 |
| Brescia University | Owensboro | $44,328 | $8,977Under $30,000 |
| Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training | Newport | $19,998 | $10,813Under $30,000 |
| Campbellsville University | Campbellsville | $42,603 | $17,880Under $30,000 |
| Centre College | Danville | $67,787 | $11,364Under $30,000 |
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible College | Pineville | $21,040 | $11,401Under $30,000 |
| Eastern Kentucky University | Richmond | $23,735 | $8,591Under $30,000 |
| Edge Academy of Beauty | Manchester | $20,565 | $14,094Under $30,000 |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | Elizabethtown | $14,212 | $4,080Under $30,000 |
| Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth | Louisville | $20,033 | $13,677Under $30,000 |
| Empire Beauty School-Dixie | Louisville | $23,134 | $17,358Under $30,000 |
| Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown | Elizabethtown | $21,845 | $15,769Under $30,000 |
| Empire Beauty School-Florence | Florence | $20,979 | $15,427Under $30,000 |
| Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education | Lexington | $26,784 | $22,871Under $30,000 |
| Galen College of Nursing-ARH | Hazard | $34,801 | $22,159Under $30,000 |
| Galen College of Nursing-Louisville | Louisville | $26,869 | $18,116Under $30,000 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville | Pikeville | $34,556 | $28,147Under $30,000 |
| Gateway Community and Technical College | Florence | $14,075 | $4,932Under $30,000 |
| Georgetown College | Georgetown | $56,886 | $9,777Under $30,000 |
| Hazard Community and Technical College | Hazard | $12,520 | $2,426Under $30,000 |
| Henderson Community College | Henderson | $13,540 | $3,040Under $30,000 |
| Hopkinsville Community College | Hopkinsville | $14,469 | $5,402Under $30,000 |
| Interactive College of Technology-Newport | Newport | $21,837 | $15,649Under $30,000 |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College | Louisville | $14,457 | $5,441Under $30,000 |
| Kentucky Christian University | Grayson | $40,168 | $23,241Under $30,000 |
| Kentucky Horseshoeing School | Richmond | $32,898 | $26,372Under $30,000 |
| Kentucky Mountain Bible College | Jackson | $16,603 | $5,773Under $30,000 |
| Kentucky State University | Frankfort | $21,727 | $10,225Under $30,000 |
| Kentucky Welding Institute | Flemingsburg | $25,227 | $19,559Under $30,000 |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | Owensboro | $46,203 | $13,951Under $30,000 |
| Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology | Bowling Green | $19,169 | $16,140Under $30,000 |
| Lindsey Wilson University | Columbia | $40,879 | $14,745Under $30,000 |
| Madisonville Community College | Madisonville | $13,911 | $3,843Under $30,000 |
| Maysville Community and Technical College | Maysville | $13,222 | $3,965Under $30,000 |
| Medical Career & Technical College | Richmond | $34,280 | $26,947Under $30,000 |
| MedQuest College | Louisville | $26,014 | $20,997Under $30,000 |
| Midway University | Midway | $48,805 | $27,206Under $30,000 |
| Morehead State University | Morehead | $21,961 | $7,150Under $30,000 |
| Murray State University | Murray | $23,485 | $6,242Under $30,000 |
| Northern Kentucky University | Highland Heights | $19,725 | $2,603Under $30,000 |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College | Owensboro | $13,476 | $4,554Under $30,000 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington | Lexington | $28,503 | $21,499Under $30,000 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Louisville | Louisville | $33,260 | $28,716Under $30,000 |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green | Bowling Green | $30,528 | $25,456Under $30,000 |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow | Glasgow | $33,168 | $25,900Under $30,000 |
| Regina Webb Academy | Bowling Green | $20,600 | $13,205Under $30,000 |
| Ross College-Hopkinsville | Hopkinsville | $24,563 | $19,704Under $30,000 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green | Bowling Green | $24,658 | $19,967Under $30,000 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger | Erlanger | $24,532 | $19,448Under $30,000 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro | Owensboro | $24,616 | $20,819Under $30,000 |
| Simmons College of Kentucky | Louisville | $26,596 | $18,434Under $30,000 |
| Somerset Community College | Somerset | $12,959 | $3,671Under $30,000 |
| South Eastern Beauty Academy | Paintsville | $12,266 | $5,183Under $30,000 |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College | Bowling Green | $13,993 | $3,152Under $30,000 |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College | Cumberland | $12,699 | $2,963Under $30,000 |
| Spalding University | Louisville | $45,530 | $20,509Under $30,000 |
| Sullivan University | Louisville | $31,766 | $24,325Under $30,000 |
| Summit Salon Academy-Lexington | Lexington | $18,701 | $13,463Under $30,000 |
| Thomas More University | Crestview Hills | $49,452 | $15,841Under $30,000 |
| Transylvania University | Lexington | $60,993 | $14,551Under $30,000 |
| Union Commonwealth University | Barbourville | $44,322 | $12,214Under $30,000 |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington | $34,391 | $12,182Under $30,000 |
| University of Louisville | Louisville | $32,941 | $15,138Under $30,000 |
| University of Pikeville | Pikeville | $33,420 | $13,115Under $30,000 |
| University of the Cumberlands | Williamsburg | $25,567 | $10,736Under $30,000 |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College | Paducah | $14,084 | $4,345Under $30,000 |
| Western Kentucky University | Bowling Green | $24,188 | $7,087Under $30,000 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2024 data release. Sticker price is the college's cost of attendance (the published figure, or the sum of its published components). Net price is the average paid by students who received federal aid, grouped by household income. Averages from past students — your family's cost could be higher or lower.
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