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Most affordable community colleges in Kentucky
16 community colleges in Kentucky report net price data, ranging from $4,602 at the lowest to higher costs at more selective schools. The median net price across these is $6,880. Kentucky's community colleges cost about the same as the national average for the kind. The list below shows the most affordable options, ranked by net price.
Median net price in Kentucky
$6,880
National median for community colleges
$6,359
community colleges reporting in Kentucky
16
The most affordable community colleges in Kentucky, ranked by net price
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College
KY
Net price
$4,614
Receive grant aid
95%
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
KY
Net price
$6,532
Receive grant aid
98%
West Kentucky Community and Technical College
KY
Net price
$7,233
Receive grant aid
94%
Net price
$7,545
Receive grant aid
92%
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
KY
Net price
$7,644
Receive grant aid
96%
What makes a school affordable here
In Kentucky, the most affordable community colleges share two things in common. First, low published net prices reflect both reasonable sticker prices and meaningful institutional or state aid. Second, a high share of students receive grant aid. At Hazard Community and Technical College, the most affordable on this list, 96% of students receive grant aid. Net price reflects what a typical family actually pays, not the sticker price you see at first glance. A school with a $50,000 sticker price and a $10,000 net price is more affordable for most families than a school with a $20,000 sticker and a $19,000 net price.
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Affordability rankings use publicly available federal higher-ed cost data. Net price reflects the average cost a family pays after grants and scholarships are subtracted from total cost of attendance, for the 2022-23 reporting year. See full methodology →