Federal data

Largest liberal arts programs in Kentucky

Kentucky liberal arts programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexingtonPublic, 2-year819
2Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisvillePublic, 2-year718
3Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtownPublic, 2-year477
4Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboroPublic, 2-year400
5Somerset Community CollegeSomersetPublic, 2-year324
6Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling GreenPublic, 2-year295
7Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorencePublic, 2-year295
8Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsvillePublic, 2-year216
9West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducahPublic, 2-year208
10Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonvillePublic, 2-year189
11Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegeCumberlandPublic, 2-year182
12Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysvillePublic, 2-year146
13Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazardPublic, 2-year137
14Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburgPublic, 2-year131
15Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshlandPublic, 2-year123
16Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland HeightsPublic, 4-year96
17Henderson Community CollegeHendersonPublic, 2-year81
18University of KentuckyLexingtonPublic, 4-year73
19Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsvillePrivate nonprofit, 4-year44
20University of LouisvilleLouisvillePublic, 4-year34
21Kentucky State UniversityFrankfortPublic, 4-year32
22Thomas More UniversityCrestview HillsPrivate nonprofit, 4-year26
23Bellarmine UniversityLouisvillePrivate nonprofit, 4-year22
24Union Commonwealth UniversityBarbourvillePrivate nonprofit, 4-year21
25Murray State UniversityMurrayPublic, 4-year12

Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.

How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.