Biggest Colleges in Kentucky

The perfect school in Kentucky for your budget, lifestyle, and career goals is waiting for you. Let our website help you compare Kentucky colleges offering a variety of degree programs.

List of the Largest Colleges in Kentucky

There are a multitude of reasons why a student would prefer to attend a big college in Kentucky. Larger colleges can offer a very rich social life between meeting lots of new people through frequent interactions, and an active Greek life if you'd like to partake in a fraternity or sorority. A college with a large student population also tends to have fantastic facilities to accommodate many students, as well as more funding coming in from so many alumni. If you'd like to attend a large college in Kentucky, feel free to sift through our list of Kentucky's biggest colleges below.

Rank	School Name	City	State	Net Cost	School Level	Retention Rate	# of Students
1	University of Kentucky	Lexington	KY	$14,842	4 year	82.18%	30,212
2	University of Louisville	Louisville	KY	$14,635	4 year	80.57%	25,286
3	Western Kentucky University	Bowling Green	KY	$11,072	4 year	73.07%	24,302
4	Eastern Kentucky University	Richmond	KY	$11,561	4 year	71.83%	19,158
5	Jefferson Community and Technical College	Louisville	KY	$6,964	2 year	51.15%	18,375
6	Northern Kentucky University	Highland Heights	KY	$8,298	4 year	69.29%	17,589
7	Bluegrass Community and Technical College	Lexington	KY	$7,779	2 year	54.13%	16,698
8	Morehead State University	Morehead	KY	$11,373	4 year	69.68%	12,930
9	Murray State University	Murray	KY	$9,970	4 year	72.41%	12,509
10	Somerset Community College	Somerset	KY	$5,958	2 year	57.23%	9,919
11	Elizabethtown Community and Technical College	Elizabethtown	KY	$6,185	2 year	59.35%	9,818
12	West Kentucky Community and Technical College	Paducah	KY	$5,727	2 year	66.41%	9,606
13	Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College	Cumberland	KY	$5,775	2 year	62.84%	7,103
14	Big Sandy Community and Technical College	Prestonsburg	KY	$6,175	2 year	61.77%	6,994
15	Madisonville Community College	Madisonville	KY	$5,573	2 year	70.28%	6,643
16	Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College	Bowling Green	KY	$6,260	2 year	65.03%	6,622
17	Gateway Community and Technical College	Florence	KY	$6,672	2 year	64.61%	6,606
18	University of the Cumberlands	Williamsburg	KY	N/A	4 year	59.84%	6,367
19	Owensboro Community and Technical College	Owensboro	KY	$6,336	2 year	53.7%	5,818
20	Maysville Community and Technical College	Maysville	KY	$6,855	2 year	51.24%	5,338
21	Hopkinsville Community College	Hopkinsville	KY	$6,258	2 year	57.72%	5,101
22	Ashland Community and Technical College	Ashland	KY	$6,701	2 year	54.78%	4,756
23	Hazard Community and Technical College	Hazard	KY	$5,963	2 year	60.91%	4,480
24	The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary	Louisville	KY	N/A	4 year	68.75%	4,318
25	Campbellsville University	Campbellsville	KY	N/A	4 year	57.59%	4,270

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