Here are the best four year colleges in Kentucky. This guide includes both private and non-profit universities and colleges in Kentucky.


- Pippa Passes, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Rural
Website: www.alc.edu/

- Wilmore, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.asbury.edu/

- Louisville, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Large City
Website: www.bellarmine.edu/


- Owensboro, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Small City
Website: www.brescia.edu/

- Campbellsville, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.campbellsville.edu/

- Danville, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.centre.edu/


- Georgetown, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.georgetowncollege.edu/

- Grayson, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.kcu.edu/


- Owensboro, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Small City
Website: kwc.edu/

- Columbia, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.lindsey.edu/

- Midway, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Rural
Website: www.midway.edu/

- Morehead, Kentucky
- 4-year, Public
- Setting: Town
Website: www.moreheadstate.edu/


- Highland Heights, Kentucky
- 4-year, Public
- Setting: Suburb
Website: www.nku.edu/

- Louisville, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Large City
Website: www.spalding.edu/

- Crestview Hills, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Suburb
Website: thomasmore.edu/

- Lexington, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Large City
Website: www.transy.edu/

- Barbourville, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.unionky.edu/

- Williamsburg, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.ucumberlands.edu/


- Louisville, Kentucky
- 4-year, Public
- Setting: Large City
Website: louisville.edu/

- Pikeville, Kentucky
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.upike.edu/

- Bowling Green, Kentucky
- 4-year, Public
- Setting: Small City
Website: www.wku.edu/
The data on this website is sourced as public domain data from the most recent survey year of the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator tool. That tool can be found at this link: https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/. MyCollegeSelection encourages students to explore multiple resources is part of the research process in selecting the college of their dreams.