Popular Kentucky Colleges Easy to Get Into
Kentucky has 21 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, accepting 93% of applicants. Also frequently researched: University of Louisville, Kentucky State University and Western Kentucky University.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
University of Kentucky
- Public 4 Year
- Lexington, KY
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 93% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
Kentucky is a large public university known for undergraduate agriculture, engineering, and business. Lexington is a midsize city in the state's Bluegrass horse country.
- SAT Range 1070-1290
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $21,958
University of Louisville
- Public 4 Year
- Louisville, KY
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
UofL is a large public university known for undergraduate engineering and business. Most undergraduates study on the urban Belknap Campus in Louisville.
- SAT Range 1040-1270
- Avg GPA 3.64
- Net Price $19,785
Kentucky State University
- Public 4 Year
- Frankfort, KY
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| 0 reviews
- 96% acceptance rate
Kentucky State is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate aquaculture and agriculture. Students attend a small campus in Kentucky's capital city.
- SAT Range 820-1010
- Avg GPA 2.72
- Net Price $9,397
Western Kentucky University
- Public 4 Year
- Bowling Green, KY
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- 94% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
WKU is a public university known for undergraduate journalism, photojournalism, and broadcasting. The hilltop campus overlooks Bowling Green in south-central Kentucky.
- SAT Range 840-1050
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $12,548
Murray State University
- Public 4 Year
- Murray, KY
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- 86% acceptance rate
Murray State is a public university known for undergraduate education, agriculture, and nursing. Murray is a small college town in western Kentucky built around the campus.
- SAT Range 940-1170
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Net Price $10,182
Morehead State University
- Public 4 Year
- Morehead, KY
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- 77% acceptance rate
Morehead State is a public university known for undergraduate space science, education, and nursing. The campus sits in a small college town in Kentucky's Appalachian foothills.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Net Price $9,630
Georgetown College
- Private 4 Year
- Georgetown, KY
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 91% acceptance rate
Georgetown College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate education and business. Most undergrads live on its residential campus in a small Kentucky college town.
- SAT Range 960-1160
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Net Price $15,160
Bellarmine University
- Private 4 Year
- Louisville, KY
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Bellarmine is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and the health sciences. The campus occupies a residential setting in Louisville.
- SAT Range 1030-1250
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $23,165
Eastern Kentucky University
- Public 4 Year
- Richmond, KY
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| 0 reviews
- 78% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
EKU is a public university known for undergraduate criminal justice, fire protection, and safety programs. The campus sits in the college town of Richmond in central Kentucky.
- SAT Range 880-1080
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $12,279
Transylvania University
- Private 4 Year
- Lexington, KY
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- 87% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Transylvania is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate pre-medicine and the sciences. The historic campus occupies several blocks in downtown Lexington.
- SAT Range 1120-1380
- Avg GPA 3.77
- Net Price $25,442
University of Pikeville
- Private 4 Year
- Pikeville, KY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
University of Pikeville is a private university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The small-town campus sits in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $13,227
Campbellsville University
- Private 4 Year
- Campbellsville, KY
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2.0 | 1 reviews
- 80% acceptance rate
Campbellsville is a private Christian university known for undergraduate education, business, and nursing. The campus is in the small town of Campbellsville in central Kentucky.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.36
- Net Price $19,662
Spalding University
- Private 4 Year
- Louisville, KY
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| 0 reviews
- 99% acceptance rate
Spalding is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and education. The urban campus sits in downtown Louisville.
- SAT Range 875-1038
- Avg GPA 3.87
- Net Price $25,999
Lindsey Wilson College
- Private 4 Year
- Columbia, KY
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- 100% acceptance rate
Lindsey Wilson is a private college known for undergraduate nursing, education, and human services. The residential campus sits in the small town of Columbia in south-central Kentucky.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $16,374
Thomas More University
- Private 4 Year
- Crestview Hills, KY
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- 90% acceptance rate
Thomas More is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and business. The suburban campus in Crestview Hills sits just south of Cincinnati.
- SAT Range 1030-1230
- Avg GPA 3.35
- Net Price $22,297
Midway University
- Private 4 Year
- Midway, KY
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- 95% acceptance rate
Midway is a private university known for undergraduate equestrian studies, nursing, and teacher education. The residential campus is in the small town of Midway in central Kentucky.
- SAT Range 1100-1170
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $30,679
University of the Cumberlands
- Private 4 Year
- Williamsburg, KY
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- 99% acceptance rate
- Aug 31 application deadline
University of the Cumberlands is a private Christian university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. Students live on a residential campus in the small Appalachian town of Williamsburg.
- SAT Range 960-1160
- Avg GPA 3.47
- Net Price $14,743
Alice Lloyd College
- Private 4 Year
- Pippa Passes, KY
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- 75% acceptance rate
Alice Lloyd is a small private work college known for undergraduate liberal arts programs and a required student work program that covers tuition. The rural campus is set in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky.
- SAT Range 710-960
- Avg GPA 3.55
- Net Price $18,600