Kentucky College Graduation Rates — All Colleges Ranked

✅ 5 Excellent (80%+) 🔵 21 Good (60–79%) ⚠️ 40 Moderate (40–59%) ⚪ 23 No data

#	College	Grad Rate	Rating	Retention	Enrollment	Type	In-State Tuition
🥇	Regina Webb Academy Bowling Green	100%	🟢 Excellent	50%	23	Private For-profit	N/A
🥈	Ideal Beauty Academy Louisville	95%	🟢 Excellent	0%	2	Private For-profit	N/A
🥉	Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology Bowling Green	83%	🟢 Excellent	93%	56	Private For-profit	N/A
4	Kentucky Horseshoeing School Richmond	83%	🟢 Excellent	100%	31	Private For-profit	N/A
5	Centre College Danville	81%	🟢 Excellent	88%	1,400	Private Non-profit	$52,820
6	Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington Lexington	79%	🔵 Good	65%	189	Private For-profit	N/A
7	Empire Beauty School-Florence Florence	75%	🔵 Good	74%	124	Private For-profit	N/A
8	Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green Bowling Green	74%	🔵 Good	72%	57	Private For-profit	N/A
9	Paul Mitchell the School-Louisville Louisville	73%	🔵 Good	89%	233	Private For-profit	N/A
10	Transylvania University Lexington	71%	🔵 Good	87%	1,005	Private Non-profit	$46,870
11	University of Kentucky Lexington	71%	🔵 Good	87%	24,763	Public	$13,502
12	Sullivan University Louisville	71%	🔵 Good	N/A	2,026	Private For-profit	$15,480
13	PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow Glasgow	67%	🔵 Good	71%	44	Private For-profit	N/A
14	Asbury University Wilmore	65%	🔵 Good	83%	1,420	Private Non-profit	$33,640
15	PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green Bowling Green	64%	🔵 Good	83%	219	Private For-profit	N/A
16	Bellarmine University Louisville	64%	🔵 Good	75%	2,161	Private Non-profit	$48,770
17	Kentucky Mountain Bible College Jackson	64%	🔵 Good	70%	69	Private Non-profit	$10,360
18	Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education Lexington	63%	🔵 Good	50%	203	Private Non-profit	N/A
19	Galen College of Nursing-ARH Hazard	63%	🔵 Good	60%	350	Private For-profit	$16,364
20	American College of Barbering Louisville	62%	🔵 Good	65%	84	Private For-profit	N/A
21	Galen College of Nursing-Louisville Louisville	61%	🔵 Good	80%	4,801	Private For-profit	N/A
22	Murray State University Murray	61%	🔵 Good	76%	6,688	Public	$9,900
23	University of Louisville Louisville	61%	🔵 Good	81%	14,727	Public	$13,136
24	Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro Owensboro	61%	🔵 Good	38%	38	Private For-profit	N/A
25	Ross College-Hopkinsville Hopkinsville	61%	🔵 Good	55%	90	Private For-profit	N/A
26	Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger Erlanger	60%	🔵 Good	42%	77	Private For-profit	N/A
27	Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown	59%	🟡 Moderate	76%	4,088	Public	$4,728
28	MedQuest College Louisville	59%	🟡 Moderate	88%	524	Private For-profit	N/A
29	Gateway Community and Technical College Florence	59%	🟡 Moderate	70%	3,167	Public	$4,728
30	Berea College Berea	58%	🟡 Moderate	79%	1,513	Private Non-profit	$51,658
31	Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green	58%	🟡 Moderate	73%	3,308	Public	$4,728
32	Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth Louisville	57%	🟡 Moderate	71%	100	Private For-profit	N/A
33	Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville	56%	🟡 Moderate	70%	2,284	Public	$4,728
34	Appalachian Beauty School Belfry	56%	🟡 Moderate	57%	49	Private For-profit	N/A
35	Medical Career & Technical College Richmond	56%	🟡 Moderate	88%	235	Private For-profit	N/A
36	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green	56%	🟡 Moderate	78%	12,155	Public	$11,652
37	Summit Salon Academy-Lexington Lexington	55%	🟡 Moderate	90%	154	Private For-profit	N/A
38	Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro	54%	🟡 Moderate	69%	2,648	Public	$4,728
39	Brescia University Owensboro	54%	🟡 Moderate	67%	545	Private Non-profit	$31,550
40	Allure Beauty College Whitesburg	53%	🟡 Moderate	14%	17	Private For-profit	N/A
41	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights	52%	🟡 Moderate	76%	8,246	Public	$11,088
42	Morehead State University Morehead	52%	🟡 Moderate	65%	4,578	Public	$10,024
43	Empire Beauty School-Dixie Louisville	52%	🟡 Moderate	53%	119	Private For-profit	N/A
44	Spalding University Louisville	52%	🟡 Moderate	64%	583	Private Non-profit	$29,200
45	Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown Elizabethtown	51%	🟡 Moderate	69%	171	Private For-profit	N/A
46	Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland	51%	🟡 Moderate	65%	1,631	Public	$4,728
47	University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg	50%	🟡 Moderate	74%	6,941	Private Non-profit	$9,875
48	Eastern Kentucky University Richmond	50%	🟡 Moderate	77%	12,318	Public	$10,320
49	American National University-Pikeville Pikeville	50%	🟡 Moderate	N/A	347	Private For-profit	$12,456
50	West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah	50%	🟡 Moderate	71%	2,851	Public	$4,728
51	Georgetown College Georgetown	49%	🟡 Moderate	69%	1,097	Private Non-profit	$42,840
52	Madisonville Community College Madisonville	49%	🟡 Moderate	66%	1,841	Public	$4,728
53	Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard	48%	🟡 Moderate	67%	1,506	Public	$4,728
54	Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland	47%	🟡 Moderate	68%	1,721	Public	$4,728
55	Kentucky Wesleyan College Owensboro	47%	🟡 Moderate	53%	842	Private Non-profit	$34,673
56	ATA College Louisville	46%	🟡 Moderate	85%	363	Private For-profit	$14,200
57	Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville	45%	🟡 Moderate	66%	1,630	Public	$4,728
58	Lindsey Wilson College Columbia	44%	🟡 Moderate	63%	1,585	Private Non-profit	$27,808
59	Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington	43%	🟡 Moderate	67%	8,244	Public	$4,808
60	Somerset Community College Somerset	43%	🟡 Moderate	67%	4,166	Public	$4,728
61	Campbellsville University Campbellsville	42%	🟡 Moderate	65%	2,840	Private Non-profit	$27,998
62	University of Pikeville Pikeville	42%	🟡 Moderate	69%	1,135	Private Non-profit	$24,850
63	South Eastern Beauty Academy Paintsville	41%	🟡 Moderate	57%	45	Private For-profit	N/A
64	Midway University Midway	41%	🟡 Moderate	68%	1,262	Private Non-profit	$27,220
65	Thomas More University Crestview Hills	41%	🟡 Moderate	67%	1,293	Private Non-profit	$39,800
66	The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville	40%	🟡 Moderate	79%	848	Private Non-profit	$11,046
67	Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes	39%	🔴 Below average	57%	558	Private Non-profit	$13,960
68	Clear Creek Baptist Bible College Pineville	38%	🔴 Below average	88%	159	Private Non-profit	$10,720
69	Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg	38%	🔴 Below average	61%	1,604	Public	$4,728
70	Kentucky Christian University Grayson	37%	🔴 Below average	86%	429	Private Non-profit	$26,625
71	Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville	35%	🔴 Below average	60%	7,744	Public	$4,808
72	Henderson Community College Henderson	35%	🔴 Below average	68%	880	Public	$4,728
73	Union Commonwealth University Barbourville	32%	🔴 Below average	64%	746	Private Non-profit	$30,946
74	Kentucky State University Frankfort	32%	🔴 Below average	64%	1,309	Public	$9,387
75	Beckfield College-Florence Florence	32%	🔴 Below average	N/A	536	Private For-profit	$13,295
76	Interactive College of Technology-Newport Newport	30%	🔴 Below average	59%	101	Private For-profit	$10,970
77	Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training Newport	27%	🔴 Below average	54%	53	Private Non-profit	N/A
78	Simmons College of Kentucky Louisville	14%	🔴 Below average	64%	481	Private Non-profit	$16,398
79	Asbury Theological Seminary Wilmore	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private Non-profit	N/A
80	Frontier Nursing University Versailles	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private Non-profit	N/A
81	Lexington Theological Seminary Lexington	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private Non-profit	N/A
82	Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Louisville	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private Non-profit	N/A
83	Lexington Healing Arts Academy Lexington	—	⚪ No data	N/A	78	Private For-profit	N/A
84	Edge Academy of Beauty Manchester	—	⚪ No data	67%	56	Private For-profit	N/A
85	Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville Pikeville	—	⚪ No data	19%	169	Private For-profit	$16,364
86	Kentucky Welding Institute Flemingsburg	—	⚪ No data	91%	143	Private For-profit	N/A
87	Berea Beauty Academy Berea	—	⚪ No data	93%	40	Private For-profit	N/A
88	PJ's College of Cosmetology- Louisville Louisville	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private For-profit	N/A
89	American College of Barbering - Florence Florence	—	⚪ No data	N/A	—	Private For-profit	N/A

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Data source: Graduation rates from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. Rates reflect students completing within 150% of normal time. Calculated by Search 6000+ US Colleges.