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Largest registered nursing programs in Kentucky
Kentucky registered nursing 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.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galen College of Nursing | Louisville | For-profit, 4-year | 1,491 |
| 2 | Northern Kentucky University | Highland Heights | Public, 4-year | 864 |
| 3 | University of Kentucky | Lexington | Public, 4-year | 359 |
| 4 | University of Louisville | Louisville | Public, 4-year | 293 |
| 5 | Western Kentucky University | Bowling Green | Public, 4-year | 273 |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | Richmond | Public, 4-year | 215 |
| 7 | Sullivan University | Louisville | For-profit, 4-year | 165 |
| 8 | Bluegrass Community and Technical College | Lexington | Public, 2-year | 147 |
| 9 | Bellarmine University | Louisville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 146 |
| 10 | University of the Cumberlands | Williamsburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 144 |
| 11 | Morehead State University | Morehead | Public, 4-year | 122 |
| 12 | Murray State University | Murray | Public, 4-year | 104 |
| 13 | Gateway Community and Technical College | Florence | Public, 2-year | 98 |
| 14 | West Kentucky Community and Technical College | Paducah | Public, 2-year | 93 |
| 15 | Jefferson Community and Technical College | Louisville | Public, 2-year | 86 |
| 16 | Somerset Community College | Somerset | Public, 2-year | 83 |
| 17 | Beckfield College-Florence | Florence | For-profit, 4-year | 81 |
| 18 | Ashland Community and Technical College | Ashland | Public, 2-year | 75 |
| 19 | Campbellsville University | Campbellsville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 73 |
| 20 | University of Pikeville | Pikeville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 62 |
| 21 | Hazard Community and Technical College | Hazard | Public, 2-year | 61 |
| 22 | Midway University | Midway | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 61 |
| 23 | Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College | Cumberland | Public, 2-year | 61 |
| 24 | Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | Elizabethtown | Public, 2-year | 59 |
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.
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