Kentucky Public Two-Year Colleges

Junior Colleges, Technical Institutes, and Schools

The State of Kentucky administers its own system of higher education which operate at least two tiers of public colleges. One being the community colleges in Kentucky, sometimes called Kentucky junior colleges, or Kentucky technical institutes, and so-called "four-year" Kentucky colleges which award bachelor's and master's degrees. The "two-year" community educational institutions provide post-secondary education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees in Kentucky. The name, "community colleges" derives from the fact that "two-year" colleges primarily accept, and attract, students from the Kentucky local community

Although individual institutions in Kentucky date back to the 1930s, the Kentucky Community College System was created in 1962 by the governor and the legislature and placed under the auspices of the University of Kentucky. As the state's land-grant university, the university had responsibility for planning and operating statewide education programs. Existing university extension centers were upgraded into community colleges with a strong focus on transfer education. A system of area vocational schools, separate from the community colleges and operating as branch campuses of the university, offered technical education and job training. In 1997, after a contentious political battle led by the governor, the legislature severed the relationship between the University of Kentucky and all but one of the community colleges. A new state board was established to oversee a new system of 13 community colleges and 25 postsecondary vocational-technical schools.

Kentucky College Degrees, Certificates, & Diplomas

Kentucky Community Colleges and Two Year Colleges

Kentucky Colleges

With 166 Kentucky colleges and universities potential students will have little problem finding the program or major they want to study. Programs ranging from Agriculture to Business and Marketing are found on college and university campuses in Kentucky.

Robert Morris College

National College

KY Online Degrees

A college degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by Kentucky institutions of higher education, such as colleges or universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.

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