| College | City | Size | Acceptance | Net price | Salary (10yr) |
| University of Louisville | Louisville | 14,727 | 79% | $14,960 | $60,032 |
| Eastern Kentucky University | Richmond | 12,318 | 78% | $11,925 | $50,885 |
| Western Kentucky University | Bowling Green | 12,155 | 94% | $11,789 | $48,408 |
| Northern Kentucky University | Highland Heights | 8,246 | 68% | $8,976 | $55,024 |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College | Lexington | 8,244 | — | $1,638 | $41,266 |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College | Louisville | 7,744 | — | $1,628 | $41,786 |
| University of the Cumberlands | Williamsburg | 6,941 | 99% | $13,885 | $47,477 |
| Murray State University | Murray | 6,688 | 86% | $7,350 | $48,482 |
| Galen College of Nursing-Louisville | Louisville | 4,801 | — | $4,058 | $69,188 |
| Morehead State University | Morehead | 4,578 | 77% | $9,912 | $47,134 |
| Somerset Community College | Somerset | 4,166 | — | $543 | $35,006 |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | Elizabethtown | 4,088 | — | $795 | $40,644 |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College | Bowling Green | 3,308 | — | — | $37,323 |
| Gateway Community and Technical College | Florence | 3,167 | — | $1,391 | $41,002 |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College | Paducah | 2,851 | — | $795 | $36,627 |
| Campbellsville University | Campbellsville | 2,840 | 80% | $17,734 | $44,606 |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College | Owensboro | 2,648 | — | $1,435 | $40,120 |
| Maysville Community and Technical College | Maysville | 2,284 | — | $1,193 | $35,741 |
| Bellarmine University | Louisville | 2,161 | 86% | $17,991 | $64,121 |
| Sullivan University | Louisville | 2,026 | — | $28,420 | $42,383 |
| Madisonville Community College | Madisonville | 1,841 | — | $1,585 | $39,443 |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College | Cumberland | 1,721 | — | $712 | $34,865 |
| Ashland Community and Technical College | Ashland | 1,631 | — | $1,009 | $36,830 |
| Hopkinsville Community College | Hopkinsville | 1,630 | — | $617 | $42,315 |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical College | Prestonsburg | 1,604 | — | $678 | $37,362 |
| Lindsey Wilson University | Columbia | 1,585 | — | $14,300 | $45,750 |
| Berea College | Berea | 1,513 | 19% | $5,836 | $48,071 |
| Hazard Community and Technical College | Hazard | 1,506 | — | $407 | $35,609 |
| Asbury University | Wilmore | 1,420 | 63% | $21,061 | $49,862 |
| Centre College | Danville | 1,400 | 54% | $19,980 | $66,582 |
| Kentucky State University | Frankfort | 1,309 | 96% | $17,637 | $42,650 |
| Thomas More University | Crestview Hills | 1,293 | 90% | $22,723 | $63,897 |
| Midway University | Midway | 1,262 | 95% | $29,981 | $47,169 |
| University of Pikeville | Pikeville | 1,135 | — | $19,224 | $47,890 |
| Georgetown College | Georgetown | 1,097 | 91% | $13,270 | $55,880 |
| Transylvania University | Lexington | 1,005 | 87% | $21,954 | $57,381 |
| Henderson Community College | Henderson | 880 | — | $400 | $40,136 |
| The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | Louisville | 848 | 56% | — | — |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | Owensboro | 842 | 72% | $19,409 | $52,218 |
| Union Commonwealth University | Barbourville | 746 | 63% | $11,010 | $46,405 |
| Spalding University | Louisville | 583 | 99% | $24,262 | $55,738 |
| Alice Lloyd College | Pippa Passes | 558 | 75% | $18,367 | $47,366 |
| Brescia University | Owensboro | 545 | 35% | $14,909 | $49,034 |
| Beckfield College-Florence | Florence | 536 | — | $24,989 | $42,712 |
| MedQuest College | Louisville | 524 | — | $21,236 | — |
| Simmons College of Kentucky | Louisville | 481 | 100% | $15,522 | $29,057 |
| Kentucky Christian University | Grayson | 429 | 61% | $25,469 | $47,183 |
| ATA College | Louisville | 363 | — | $27,928 | $36,434 |
| Galen College of Nursing-ARH | Hazard | 350 | — | $20,342 | $69,188 |
| American National University-Louisville | Louisville | 347 | — | $16,410 | $32,855 |
| Medical Career & Technical College | Richmond | 235 | — | $25,906 | — |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Louisville | Louisville | 233 | — | $28,904 | $30,472 |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green | Bowling Green | 219 | — | $16,214 | $27,550 |
| Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education | Lexington | 203 | — | $14,039 | $24,552 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington | Lexington | 189 | — | $24,431 | $27,918 |
| Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown | Elizabethtown | 171 | — | $17,447 | $30,388 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville | Pikeville | 169 | — | $28,117 | $69,188 |
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible College | Pineville | 159 | — | $14,560 | $38,211 |
| Summit Salon Academy-Lexington | Lexington | 154 | 81% | $13,231 | $23,989 |
| Kentucky Welding Institute | Flemingsburg | 143 | — | $24,051 | — |
| Empire Beauty School-Florence | Florence | 124 | — | $16,314 | $29,173 |
| Empire Beauty School-Dixie | Louisville | 119 | — | $17,135 | $29,071 |
| Interactive College of Technology-Newport | Newport | 101 | — | $16,957 | $32,752 |
| Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth | Louisville | 100 | — | $16,180 | $32,104 |
| Ross College-Hopkinsville | Hopkinsville | 90 | — | $21,670 | $35,056 |
| American College of Barbering | Louisville | 84 | — | $23,675 | — |
| Lexington Healing Arts Academy | Lexington | 78 | — | — | $26,383 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger | Erlanger | 77 | — | $21,389 | $35,056 |
| Kentucky Mountain Bible College | Jackson | 69 | 100% | $6,392 | $39,068 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green | Bowling Green | 57 | — | $21,346 | $33,943 |
| Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology | Bowling Green | 56 | — | $20,783 | $22,023 |
| Edge Academy of Beauty | Manchester | 56 | — | $13,415 | — |
| Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training | Newport | 53 | — | $11,396 | $29,138 |
| Appalachian Beauty School | Belfry | 49 | — | $11,431 | — |
| South Eastern Beauty Academy | Paintsville | 45 | — | $3,186 | — |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow | Glasgow | 44 | — | $21,683 | $22,069 |
| Berea Beauty Academy | Berea | 40 | — | $9,481 | — |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro | Owensboro | 38 | — | $21,826 | $35,078 |
| Kentucky Horseshoeing School | Richmond | 31 | — | $30,169 | — |
| Regina Webb Academy | Bowling Green | 23 | — | $19,092 | — |
| Asbury Theological Seminary | Wilmore | N/A | — | — | — |
| Frontier Nursing University | Versailles | N/A | — | — | — |
| Lexington Theological Seminary | Lexington | N/A | — | — | — |
| Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary | Louisville | N/A | — | — | — |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology- Louisville | Louisville | N/A | — | — | $27,550 |
| American College of Barbering - Florence | Florence | N/A | — | — | — |