Listed below are the Kentucky institutions of higher education in the BrainTrack database. Large schools in Kentucky include: University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, Western Kentucky University, Eastern Kentucky University, and Northern Kentucky University.
| School | City | Students | Highest
Degree | Tenure System | | Alice Lloyd College | Pippa Passes | 609 | Bachelors | |
| Asbury College | Wilmore | 1,550 | Masters | yes |
| Asbury Theological Seminary | Wilmore | 1,602 | | yes |
| Ashland Community and Technical College | Ashland | 4,010 | Associates | yes |
| ATA College | Louisville | 320 | Associates | |
| Beckfield College | Florence | | | |
| Bellarmine University | Louisville | 3,040 | | yes |
| Berea College | Berea | 1,549 | Bachelors | yes |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical College | Prestonsburg | 4,709 | Associates | yes |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College | Lexington | 12,143 | Associates | yes |
| Bowling Green Technical College | Bowling Green | 3,940 | Associates | yes |
| Brescia University | Owensboro | 622 | Masters | yes |
| Brown Mackie College | Fort Mitchell, Hopkinsville, Louisville | | | |
| Campbellsville University | Campbellsville | 2,830 | Masters | yes |
| Centre College | Danville | 1,197 | Bachelors | yes |
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible College | Pineville | 164 | Bachelors | |
| DeVry University | Louisville | | | |
| Draughons Junior College | Bowling Green | 431 | Associates | |
| Eastern Kentucky University | Richmond | 16,031 | | yes |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | Elizabethtown | 5,758 | Associates | yes |
| Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing | Hyden | 559 | Masters | |
| Galen College of Nursing-Louisville | Louisville | 1,234 | Associates | |
| Gateway Community and Technical College | Covington | 3,477 | Associates | |
| Georgetown College | Georgetown | 1,856 | Masters | yes |
| Hazard Community and Technical College | Hazard | 4,070 | Associates | yes |
| Henderson Community College | Henderson | 1,940 | Associates | yes |
| Hopkinsville Community College | Hopkinsville | 3,233 | Associates | yes |
| Indiana Wesleyan University | Louisville | | | |
| Interactive Learning Systems | Florence | | | |
| ITT Technical Institute | Lexington, Louisville | | | |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College | Louisville | 14,409 | Associates | yes |
| Kentucky Christian University | Grayson | 662 | Masters | |
| Kentucky State University | Frankfort | 2,659 | Masters | yes |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | Owensboro | 909 | Bachelors | yes |
| Lindsey Wilson College | Columbia | 2,003 | Masters | |
| Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary | Louisville | 206 | | yes |
| Madisonville Community College | Madisonville | 4,420 | Associates | yes |
| Maysville Community and Technical College | Maysville | 3,426 | Associates | yes |
| Mid-Continent University | Mayfield | 1,636 | Bachelors | yes |
| Midway College | Midway | 1,283 | Masters | yes |
| Morehead State University | Morehead | 8,832 | Masters | yes |
| Murray State University | Murray | 10,014 | Masters | yes |
| National College | Danville, Florence, Lexington, Louisville, Pikeville, Richmond | | | |
| Northern Kentucky University | Highland Heights | 15,082 | Doctoral & professional | yes |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College | Owensboro | 5,581 | Associates | yes |
| Pikeville College | Pikeville | 1,077 | | |
| Saint Catharine College | Saint Catharine | 768 | Bachelors | |
| Somerset Community College | Somerset | 7,164 | Associates | yes |
| Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College | Cumberland | 4,864 | Associates | yes |
| Southwestern College | Florence | | | |
| Spalding University | Louisville | 1,712 | | yes |
| Spencerian College | Lexington, Louisville | | | |
| Strayer University | Florence, Lexington, Louisville | | | |
| Sullivan University | Ft. Knox, Lexington, Louisville | | | |
| The Hair Design School | Elizabethtown, Florence, Louisville | | | |
| The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | Louisville | 3,356 | | yes |
| Transylvania University | Lexington | 1,158 | Bachelors | yes |
| Union College | Barbourville | 1,421 | Masters | yes |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington | 26,054 | Doctoral & professional | yes |
| University of Louisville | Louisville | 20,834 | Doctoral & professional | yes |
| University of Phoenix | Florence, Louisville | | | |
| University of the Cumberlands | Williamsburg | 2,553 | | yes |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College | Paducah | 6,578 | Associates | yes |
| Western Kentucky University | Bowling Green | 19,742 | | yes |
