Bluegrass Community and Technical College

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#8183 / #2166
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Public community college in Lexington, KY

Bluegrass Community and Technical College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2166
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$4,952
Graduation rate
43%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
8,244

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About Bluegrass Community and Technical College

According to Wikipedia, Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a public community college in Lexington, Kentucky. It is one of sixteen two-year, open admission colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System . It was formed from the consolidation of two separate institutions: Lexington Community College and Central Kentucky Technical College. Lexington Community College was the last remaining college in the University of Kentucky Community College System until a vote by the trustees transferred governance to KCTCS in 2004. Prior to 1984, the college was named Lexington Technical Institute. Central Kentucky Technical College was part of the Workforce Development Cabinet of the Kentucky State Government until the creation of KCTCS in 1997. KCTCS was formed in 1997 by the state legislature through House Bill 1 which combined the technical colleges of the Workforce Development Cabinet and the community colleges previously with the University of Kentucky. BCTC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges .

Bluegrass Community and Technical College's Online Degrees

Associate in Arts
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Computer & Information Technologies
Degree Concentrations
  • Business Software and Support
  • Geospatial Technologies
  • Internet Technologies
  • Programming
  • Video Game Design
  • Cloud Computing Technologies
  • Informatics
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Graphic Design and Library Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Graphic Design
  • Library Information Technology
  • Video Game Design
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Criminal Justice
Degree Concentrations
  • Corrections
  • Computer Forensics
  • Criminal Justice
  • Law Enforcement
  • Security and Loss Prevention
  • Required Credits: 61-64
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Administrative Office Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Administrative Management
  • Desktop Publishing
  • Financial Assistant
  • Legal Administrative
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 45
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Equine Studies
  • Required Credits: 61-62
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Education: Educator Preparation
  • Required Credits: 61-62
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Hospitality Management
  • Required Credits: 62
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Human Resource Management
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Medical Information Technology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Human Services
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education
  • Required Credits: 60-64
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Real Estate Management
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Format: Fully online
Associate in Science
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Marketing and Retailing
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Format: Fully online

Bluegrass Community and Technical College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
67%43%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Bluegrass Community and Technical College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$4,952
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$802
30K - 48K$550
48K - 75K$702
75K - 110K$4,065
110K+$8,112

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Bluegrass Community and Technical College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Bluegrass Community and Technical College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $41,266 a year, and 84% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
16,71116,711

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Bluegrass Community and Technical College?

Bluegrass Community and Technical College is located at 500 Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY 40508.

How Safe is Bluegrass Community and Technical College?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, Bluegrass Community and Technical College publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Bluegrass Community and Technical College has a violent crime rate of 0.25% and a property crime rate of 0.70%. Lexington has a violent crime rate of 0.27% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 2.30%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Bluegrass Community and Technical College Known For?

Bluegrass Community and Technical College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Bluegrass Community and Technical College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Bluegrass Community and Technical College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Engineering
#6827
World Rank
#6833
Historical Rank
#1312
USA Rank

Bluegrass Community and Technical College ranks #1312 in the U.S. and #6827 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Criminal Justice
#2956
World Rank
#2959
Historical Rank
#1522
USA Rank

Bluegrass Community and Technical College ranks #1522 in the U.S. and #2956 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Nursing
#4030
World Rank
#4030
Historical Rank
#1601
USA Rank

Bluegrass Community and Technical College ranks #1601 in the U.S. and #4030 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Social Work
#4203
World Rank
#4203
Historical Rank
#1626
USA Rank

Bluegrass Community and Technical College ranks #1626 in the U.S. and #4203 worldwide for influence in Social Work.

social-work Degrees
Education
#7059
World Rank
#7061
Historical Rank
#1849
USA Rank

Bluegrass Community and Technical College ranks #1849 in the U.S. and #7059 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Medical
#7501
World Rank
#7503
Historical Rank
#2153
USA Rank

Bluegrass Community and Technical College ranks #2153 in the U.S. and #7501 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Computer Science
#9356
World Rank
#9362
Historical Rank
#2444
USA Rank

Bluegrass Community and Technical College ranks #2444 in the U.S. and #9356 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees