Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAsbury Theological Seminary is 5.5 miles from Nicholasville
No college sits inside Nicholasville’s boundary, but Asbury Theological Seminary’s campus in Wilmore, with 1,085 students on campus, is 5.5 miles from the center of town, and Bluegrass Community and Technical College is 12.3 miles away in Lexington. About 3% of Nicholasville’s residents are enrolled in college, below Kentucky (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Nicholasville. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Nicholasville
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Nicholasville
Three private colleges within 11.8 miles, one public college within 10.7 miles, and Bluegrass Community and Technical College 12.3 miles away.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Nicholasville’s median household income ($68,503) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Nicholasville: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid.
Questions about college near Nicholasville
Is Nicholasville a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Nicholasville residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Kentucky (6). The nearest campus, Asbury Theological Seminary, is 5.5 miles away in Wilmore.
What colleges are near Nicholasville?
Within 15 miles: Asbury Theological Seminary (5.5 miles, 1,085 students on campus), Asbury University (5.7 miles, 1,342), the University of Kentucky (10.7 miles, 28,008), Transylvania University (11.8 miles, 1,022) and Bluegrass Community and Technical College (12.3 miles, 7,363).
What is the closest community college to Nicholasville, and what does it cost?
Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Lexington, 12.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,808 a year for Kentucky residents; the federal net price, $6,113, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Kentucky cost if we live in Kentucky?
Tuition and fees are $13,502 a year in-state and $34,140 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $12,182 (under $30,000 income) to $26,781 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Nicholasville. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →