The average acceptance rate of the 21 Kentucky colleges that have competitive admission is 79.31% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 2.2%. The acceptance rate at 12 Kentucky colleges increased and the rate of 8 colleges decreased.
Berea College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 32.71%. Kentucky Mountain Bible College (35.71%) and Centre College (54.34%) are following it in the list of Tightest Kentucky Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Berea College stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Kentucky Mountain Bible College also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $29,123 and graduate tuition & fees is $12,586 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Berea College Berea, KYPrivate, 4-year | 32.71% 8.13% | 60.91% | 1,240 | $49,326 | 1,433 | 61.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 2 - | Kentucky Mountain Bible College Jackson, KYPrivate, 4-year | 35.71% 9.29% | 80.00% | - | $10,060 | 78 | 56.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 3 1 | Centre College Danville, KYPrivate, 4-year | 54.34% 8.51% | 20.59% | 1,320 | $50,550 | 1,357 | 86.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 4 1 | Union College Barbourville, KYPrivate, 4-year | 55.04% 1.62% | 43.14% | 1,020 | $31,071 | 970 | 33.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 5 3 | Asbury University Wilmore, KYPrivate, 4-year | 64.06% 14.67% | 36.05% | - | $33,640 | 1,650 | 70.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 6 4 | University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KYPrivate, 4-year | 71.39% 11.63% | 21.11% | - | $9,875 | 18,053 | 44.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 7 - | Georgetown College Georgetown, KYPrivate, 4-year | 73.88% 2.36% | 22.89% | 1,130 | $42,010 | 1,548 | 46.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 8 3 | Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KYPublic, 4-year | 78.09% 13.78% | 20.85% | 1,055 | $20,820 ($10,130) | 14,324 | 49.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 9 - | University of Louisville Louisville, KYPublic, 4-year | 80.54% 1.00% | 26.11% | 1,130 | $29,174 ($12,828) | 22,017 | 62.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 10 1 | Morehead State University Morehead, KYPublic, 4-year | 82.12% 1.85% | 16.95% | - | $14,706 ($9,838) | 8,807 | 47.00% | 14 to 1 |
| Average | 62.79% | 34.86% | 1,149 | $29,123 ($10,932) | 7,024 | 55.40% | 13 to 1 |