Safest Colleges in Kentucky
25 schools ranked by lowest violent crime rate from federal Clery Act filings. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Violent (4yr avg) | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes · private | 0 | $18,600 | 39.8% | $40,573 |
| 2 | Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland · community | 0 | $5,717 | 46.8% | $34,504 |
| 3 | Bellarmine University Louisville · private | 0 | $21,499 | 65.0% | $62,069 |
| 4 | Berea College Berea · private | 0 | $6,106 | 65.2% | $43,150 |
| 5 | Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green · community | 0 | $3,537 | 43.2% | $34,242 |
| 6 | Brescia University Owensboro · private | 0 | $8,709 | 42.9% | $45,500 |
| 7 | Centre College Danville · private | 0 | $20,781 | 84.4% | $66,240 |
| 8 | Clear Creek Baptist Bible College Pineville · community | 0 | $10,949 | 31.6% | $41,623 |
| 9 | Galen College of Nursing-Louisville Louisville · private | 0 | $18,540 | 71.2% | $61,480 |
| 10 | Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown · community | 0 | $5,143 | 36.0% | $36,143 |
| 11 | Georgetown College Georgetown · private | 0 | $14,095 | 50.7% | $52,074 |
| 12 | Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard · community | 0 | $2,955 | 43.2% | $29,868 |
| 13 | Henderson Community College Henderson · community | 0 | $4,232 | 32.6% | $35,714 |
| 14 | Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville · community | 0 | $5,875 | 30.2% | $36,323 |
| 15 | American National University-Pikeville Pikeville · private | 0 | $17,010 | 35.5% | $28,188 |
| 16 | Kentucky Christian University Grayson · private | 0 | $24,038 | 41.1% | $42,375 |
| 17 | Lindsey Wilson College Columbia · private | 0 | $15,070 | 48.3% | $41,129 |
| 18 | Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville · community | 0 | $4,605 | 43.4% | $32,194 |
| 19 | Midway University Midway · private | 0 | $29,579 | 49.9% | $44,246 |
| 20 | Gateway Community and Technical College Florence · community | 0 | $5,725 | 43.1% | $36,147 |
| 21 | West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah · community | 0 | $5,353 | 50.8% | $34,891 |
| 22 | Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg · community | 0 | $3,873 | 30.3% | $32,954 |
| 23 | Somerset Community College Somerset · community | 0 | $4,398 | 34.8% | $30,787 |
| 24 | Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland · community | 0 | $3,731 | 38.4% | $29,482 |
| 25 | Sullivan University Louisville · private | 0 | $25,532 | 36.3% | $38,008 |
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