University of Kentucky has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 68% last year.
University of Louisville with 62% and Murray State University with 58% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Kentucky 4-Years Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.
For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,545 and graduate tuition & fees is $16,516 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 86.78% and the average SAT score is 1,066 at the schools.
School Name | Graduation Rate | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Yield | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Total Population | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 - | University of Kentucky Lexington, KYPublic, 4-year | 68.00% 0.15% | $33,406 ($13,212) | 25.00% | 92.00% | 1,170 | 31,547 | 17 to 1 |
2 - | University of Louisville Louisville, KYPublic, 4-year | 62.00% 0.48% | $29,174 ($12,828) | 26.00% | 81.00% | 1,130 | 22,017 | 13 to 1 |
3 - | Murray State University Murray, KYPublic, 4-year | 58.00% 2.13% | $19,452 ($9,708) | 17.00% | 86.00% | 1,070 | 9,479 | 16 to 1 |
4 - | Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KYPublic, 4-year | 51.00% 2.60% | $27,000 ($11,436) | 37.99% | 96.99% | 945 | 16,493 | 18 to 1 |
5 1 | Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KYPublic, 4-year | 50.00% 2.20% | $21,480 ($10,896) | 21.01% | 96.00% | 1,025 | 15,801 | 17 to 1 |
6 1 | Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KYPublic, 4-year | 49.00% 1.23% | $20,820 ($10,130) | 21.00% | 78.00% | 1,055 | 14,324 | 16 to 1 |
7 1 | Morehead State University Morehead, KYPublic, 4-year | 47.00% 2.19% | $14,706 ($9,838) | 17.00% | 82.00% | - | 8,807 | 14 to 1 |
8 3 | University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KYPrivate, 4-year | 44.00% 4.04% | $9,875 | 20.99% | 71.01% | - | 18,053 | 18 to 1 |
9 - | Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KYPrivate, 4-year | 40.00% 4.23% | $26,990 | 69.05% | 98.03% | - | 11,775 | 23 to 1 |
Average | 52.11% | $22,545 ($11,150) | 28.34% | 86.78% | 1,066 | 16,477 | 17 to 1 |