Nursing schools in Kentucky

Browse 65 current public campus profiles representing 125 nursing programs in Kentucky. These are the programs currently listed in the directory, not a claim of complete statewide coverage.

Associate Degree Nursing (ADN/ASN) is the largest current pathway grouping at 27 programs; On campus appears on 49 programs.

Reviewed September 2026

Campus profiles
65
Programs
125

Current program evidence

Counts describe the programs below and retain each program's current status; they do not imply approval, accreditation, admissions availability, or resident eligibility.

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Delivery formats

  • On campus 49 programs
  • Hybrid 27 programs
  • Online 48 programs

Approval and accreditation context

State approval, institutional accreditation, and programmatic accreditation are separate facts. An authority listed here is current state-level context from published program evidence; it does not mean every program on this page has the same approval or accreditation status.

  • Kentucky Board of Nursing Reviewed September 29, 2026

LPN-to-RN programs in Kentucky

Showing all 9 current public programs across Campus, Hybrid, and strict Fully Online results.

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  • LPN-to-RN

    LPN-to-ADN bridge

    School
    Ashland Community and Technical College: Ashland Community and Technical College — Ashland nursing site
    Location
    Ashland, KY
    Delivery
    On Campus
    Program status
    Active

    Credential: Associate Degree in Nursing

    Not applicable

    Exact Ashland ADN parent award continuing accreditation; not separate entrant-track accreditation.

    Programmatic accreditation evidence

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  • LPN-to-RN

    LPN transition to ADN

    School
    Bluegrass Community and Technical College: Bluegrass Community and Technical College — Lexington nursing site
    Location
    Lexington, KY
    Delivery
    On Campus
    Program status
    Active

    Credential: Associate Degree in Nursing

    Not applicable

    Bluegrass ADN parent award at three campuses; no independent bridge accreditation asserted.

    Programmatic accreditation evidence

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  • LPN-to-RN

    Accelerated LPN-to-ADN

    School
    Gateway Community and Technical College: Gateway Community and Technical College — Edgewood nursing site
    Location
    Edgewood, KY
    Delivery
    Hybrid
    Program status
    Active

    Credential: Associate Degree in Nursing

    Academic delivery is hybrid. Physical participation is required. The listed campus participates in instruction. Attendance context: Edgewood, KY.

    Not applicable

    Exact Edgewood ADN parent program candidacy; existing bridges remain under parent scope.

    Programmatic accreditation evidence

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  • LPN-to-RN

    LPN-to-ADN bridge

    School
    Henderson Community College: Henderson Community College — Henderson nursing site
    Location
    Henderson, KY
    Delivery
    Hybrid
    Program status
    Active

    Credential: Associate Degree in Nursing

    Academic delivery is hybrid. Physical participation is required. The listed campus participates in instruction. Attendance context: Henderson, KY.

    Not applicable

    Henderson ADN parent award continuing accreditation.

    Programmatic accreditation evidence

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  • LPN-to-RN

    LPN-to-RN hybrid bridge

    School
    Maysville Community and Technical College: Maysville Community and Technical College — Maysville nursing site
    Location
    Maysville, KY
    Delivery
    Hybrid
    Program status
    Active

    Credential: Associate Degree in Nursing

    Academic delivery is hybrid. Physical participation is required. The listed campus participates in instruction. Attendance context: Maysville Campus required Clinical/Lab.

    Not applicable

    Named ADN/PN site list and explicit candidacy throughApril2027; parent scope only for bridge.

    Programmatic accreditation evidence

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  • LPN-to-RN

    Academic Career Mobility LPN-to-RN

    School
    Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College: Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College — Bowling Green nursing site
    Location
    Bowling Green, KY
    Delivery
    On Campus
    Program status
    Active

    Credential: Associate Degree in Nursing

    Not applicable

    Both ADN/PN at BowlingGreen/Glasgow named; bridge parent award only.

    Programmatic accreditation evidence

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  • LPN-to-RN

    Accelerated PN-to-ASN

    School
    Sullivan University: Sullivan University — Louisville nursing site
    Location
    Louisville, KY
    Delivery
    On Campus
    Program status
    Active

    Credential: Associate Degree in Nursing

    Not applicable

    Exact owner source and current limited CCNE KY-S171 / CNEA KY-S172-173 / ACEN KY-S011 check; unresolved means Not currently available, not Not accredited

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  • LPN-to-RN

    LPN-to-RN bridge

    School
    West Kentucky Community and Technical College: West Kentucky Community and Technical College — Paducah nursing site
    Location
    Paducah, KY
    Delivery
    Hybrid
    Program status
    Active

    Credential: Associate Degree in Nursing

    Academic delivery is hybrid. Physical participation is required. The listed campus participates in instruction. Attendance context: Paducah, KY.

    Not applicable

    Paducah ADN parent continuing accreditation; no PN donation.

    Programmatic accreditation evidence

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  • LPN-to-RN

    LPN-to-ASN

    School
    Western Kentucky University: Western Kentucky University — online nursing
    Location
    KY
    Delivery
    Fully Online
    Program status
    Active

    Credential: Associate of Science in Nursing

    Academic coursework is online. Physical participation is required. The primary directory relationship is nonphysical and does not establish a place you attend. Attendance context: South Campus Bowling Green required skill/clinical activities or owner-approved local clinical.

    Kentucky Board of Nursing current Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN/ASN) parent award for Western Kentucky University; does not assert separate approval for each specialty, entrant, online format or additional teaching site

    WKU ASN parent accreditation; not CCNE baccalaureate.

    State approval evidence · Programmatic accreditation evidence

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