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Kentucky colleges: career services and alumni support

61 colleges in Kentucky, and the job market their graduates enter. A career services or alumni staff member can claim their college’s page and set up a free workspace.

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The Kentucky job market

  • 4.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

  • 61

    colleges listed

    Source: IPEDS and the College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education

Kentucky workforce boards · Kentucky by county and city

Colleges in Kentucky

Colleges in Kentucky
CollegeCityTypeStudentsClaim
Alice Lloyd CollegePippa PassesPrivate nonprofit 4-year558Claim page
American National University-PikevillePikevillePrivate for-profit 4-year347Claim page
Asbury Theological SeminaryWilmorePrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Asbury UniversityWilmorePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,420Claim page
Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshlandPublic 2-year1,631Claim page
ATA CollegeLouisvillePrivate for-profit 2-year363Claim page
Beckfield College-FlorenceFlorencePrivate for-profit 4-year536Claim page
Bellarmine UniversityLouisvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year2,161Claim page
Berea CollegeBereaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,513Claim page
Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburgPublic 2-year1,604Claim page
Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexingtonPublic 2-year8,244Claim page
Brescia UniversityOwensboroPrivate nonprofit 4-year545Claim page
Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year2,840Claim page
Centre CollegeDanvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,400Claim page
Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegePinevillePrivate nonprofit 4-year159Claim page
Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmondPublic 4-year12,318Claim page
Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtownPublic 2-year4,088Claim page
Frontier Nursing UniversityVersaillesPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Galen College of Nursing-ARHHazardPrivate for-profit 2-year350Claim page
Galen College of Nursing-LouisvilleLouisvillePrivate for-profit 4-year4,801Claim page
Galen Health Institutes-PikevillePikevillePrivate for-profit 2-year169Claim page
Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorencePublic 2-year3,167Claim page
Georgetown CollegeGeorgetownPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,097Claim page
Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazardPublic 2-year1,506Claim page
Henderson Community CollegeHendersonPublic 2-year880Claim page
Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsvillePublic 2-year1,630Claim page
Interactive College of Technology-NewportNewportPrivate for-profit 2-year101Claim page
Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisvillePublic 2-year7,744Claim page
Kentucky Christian UniversityGraysonPrivate nonprofit 4-year429Claim page
Kentucky Community and Technical College SystemVersaillesPublic 2-yearClaim page
Kentucky Mountain Bible CollegeJacksonPrivate nonprofit 4-year69Claim page
Kentucky State UniversityFrankfortPublic 4-year1,309Claim page
Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeOwensboroPrivate nonprofit 4-year842Claim page
Lexington Theological SeminaryLexingtonPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Lindsey Wilson CollegeColumbiaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,585Claim page
Louisville Presbyterian Theological SeminaryLouisvillePrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonvillePublic 2-year1,841Claim page
Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysvillePublic 2-year2,284Claim page
MedQuest CollegeLouisvillePrivate for-profit 2-year524Claim page
Midway UniversityMidwayPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,262Claim page
Morehead State UniversityMoreheadPublic 4-year4,578Claim page
Murray State UniversityMurrayPublic 4-year6,688Claim page
Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland HeightsPublic 4-year8,246Claim page
Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboroPublic 2-year2,648Claim page
Ross College-HopkinsvilleHopkinsvillePrivate for-profit 2-year90Claim page
Simmons College of KentuckyLouisvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year481Claim page
Somerset Community CollegeSomersetPublic 2-year4,166Claim page
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling GreenPublic 2-year3,308Claim page
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegeCumberlandPublic 2-year1,721Claim page
Spalding UniversityLouisvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year583Claim page
Sullivan UniversityLouisvillePrivate for-profit 4-year2,026Claim page
The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryLouisvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year848Claim page
Thomas More UniversityCrestview HillsPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,293Claim page
Transylvania UniversityLexingtonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,005Claim page
Union CollegeBarbourvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year746Claim page
University of KentuckyLexingtonPublic 4-year24,763Claim page
University of LouisvilleLouisvillePublic 4-year14,727Claim page
University of PikevillePikevillePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,135Claim page
University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburgPrivate nonprofit 4-year6,941Claim page
West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducahPublic 2-year2,851Claim page
Western Kentucky UniversityBowling GreenPublic 4-year12,155Claim page

College career fairs and employer events in Kentucky

Career fairs and employer events at colleges, plus hiring and business events nearby.

Higher education conferences in Kentucky

Conferences for college and university staff held in Kentucky: admissions, student affairs, advancement, institutional leadership. 3 with dates announced.

  • Kentucky Workforce Summit

    Feb 9 to Feb 10, 2027 · Lexington, KY

    Ticket $599 to $699. $699 non-members; $599 Chamber, non-profit and government.

  • USASBE Annual Conference

    Feb 10 to Feb 13, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Ticket $720 to $905. $720 current member; $905 new/renewing member; $815 new/renewing student (all include membership as…

    Open call for speakers · deadline Oct 13, 2026

  • ACUHO-I Campus Home. LIVE!

    Jun 21 to Jun 24, 2027 · Louisville, KY

    Ticket $855 to $1,385. Campus-based professional, US: member $855 priority (to Aug 31, 2026), $935 early (to Mar 18, 2027), $995…

  • Kentucky Innovator Challenge (R&D Partnerships Week)

    Usually November (next dates not announced) · Lexington, KY

    Free. Free per the page; exact November 2026 dates not stated.

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Sources: college directory from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), 2-year and 4-year public, private nonprofit and for-profit institutions; unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Kentucky unemployment benefits.

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