Universities and colleges in Kentucky


  • Owensboro Community and Technical College

    Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC), located in Owensboro, KY, is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System . It was formed in 1999 from the consolidation of Owensboro Community College and Owensboro Technical College . OCTC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) [...]

  • Northern Kentucky University

    Northern Kentucky University (NKU) is a public, co-educational university located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, seven miles (11 km) southeast of Cincinnati, Ohio. NKU is primarily an undergraduate, liberal arts institution, but it also features graduate programs. Total enrollment at the university currently exceeds 14,000 students, with over 12,000 undergraduate students and nearly 2,000 graduate students. [...]

  • Murray State University

    Murray State University, located in the town of Murray, Kentucky, is an approximately 10,000-student, four-year public university. Having adopted the moniker “Kentucky’s Public Ivy University,” the school has strived to maintain a strong academic reputation and has been rewarded with high marks when compared with other regional public universities in U.S. News & World Report [...]

  • Morehead State University

    Morehead State University is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2005 and 2006 editions of “America’s Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report named MSU one of the top 25 public [...]

  • Midway College

    Midway is an independent, liberal arts college with approximately 1,700 students, related by covenant to the Christian Church offering two and four-year degrees, located in Midway, Kentucky. Midway is the only women’s college in Kentucky. The all-female Day College offers majors in four pillar programs: business, equine studies, nursing, and teacher education. Athletic teams include: [...]