Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Kentucky

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Kentucky, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 27 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Centre CollegeDanville, Kentucky87.5%54%1352$21k$66k81%1,400279 mi 2Transylvania UniversityLexington, Kentucky87.1%87%1287$22k$55k71%1,005247 mi 3University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky86.8%93%1215$19k$59k71%24,763249 mi 4Asbury UniversityWilmore, Kentucky83.3%63%—$21k$42k65%1,420263 mi 5University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky81.5%79%1150$18k$54k61%14,727248 mi 6Galen College of Nursing-LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky79.6%——$19k$61k61%4,801248 mi 7Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky79.2%19%1249$6k$43k58%1,513277 mi 8The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryLouisville, Kentucky78.6%56%1120——40%848247 mi 9Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky78.3%94%971$11k$44k56%12,155324 mi 10Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky76.9%78%1149$11k$46k50%12,318265 mi 11Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky75.6%86%1133$9k$45k61%6,688351 mi 12Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland Heights, Kentucky75.5%68%1087$8k$50k52%8,246184 mi 13Bellarmine UniversityLouisville, Kentucky75.1%86%1210$21k$62k64%2,161249 mi 14University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburg, Kentucky74.3%99%—$14k$45k50%6,941331 mi 15Georgetown CollegeGeorgetown, Kentucky69.1%91%1138$14k$52k49%1,097238 mi 16University of PikevillePikeville, Kentucky68.7%——$20k$48k42%1,135270 mi 17Midway UniversityMidway, Kentucky67.6%95%1122$30k$44k41%1,262245 mi 18Brescia UniversityOwensboro, Kentucky67.4%35%—$9k$46k54%545267 mi 19Thomas More UniversityCrestview Hills, Kentucky66.8%90%1180$22k$59k41%1,293186 mi 20Morehead State UniversityMorehead, Kentucky65.0%77%—$10k$43k52%4,578226 mi 21Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsville, Kentucky64.5%80%—$19k$42k42%2,840310 mi 22Spalding UniversityLouisville, Kentucky64.0%99%977$25k$49k52%583247 mi 23Union Commonwealth UniversityBarbourville, Kentucky63.8%63%980$21k$42k32%746319 mi 24Kentucky State UniversityFrankfort, Kentucky63.7%96%870$8k$36k32%1,309245 mi 25Lindsey Wilson UniversityColumbia, Kentucky63.0%——$15k$41k44%1,585324 mi 26Alice Lloyd CollegePippa Passes, Kentucky56.6%75%1015$19k$41k39%558281 mi 27Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky52.6%72%1044$17k$47k47%842268 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.