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Best Web Design Schools Near Louisville, KY (2026)
Updated September 7, 2026BLS dataCollege ScorecardOn this page
Louisville, Kentucky has 2 accredited schools offering web design programs, with tuition ranging from $38,150 to $46,719 per year for indexed programs. Louisville has a population of about 1,003,412. In the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area, the top-earning web design-related role is Software Developers at a median $110,270 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
Closest Web Design Schools to Louisville
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer web design programs near Louisville, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Louisville city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
How We Rank Schools
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most
recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS).
To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked
against schools at the same credential level:
BOCSCORE
Graduation rate 30%
Median earnings, 10 years after entry 25%
Average net price (lower is better) 20%
Retention rate 15%
Fully online availability 10%
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score.
On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Louisville.
Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
BOC
Ranked by BOC Score — U.S. Dept. of Education outcome data. Advertising never affects rankings.
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Kentucky schools on the Kentucky web design page.
Web Design Wages Near Louisville
Louisville is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area (BLS area code 31140). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Kentucky statewide.
Occupation
Median Wage
Source
COL-Adjusted (US=100)
Web and Digital Interface Designers
$76,280
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$81,933
Web Developers
$80,870
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$86,864
Graphic Designers
$57,340
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$61,590
Special Effects Artists and Animators
$50,960
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$54,737
Art Directors
$87,570
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$94,060
Software Developers
$110,270
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$118,443
Commercial and Industrial Designers
$78,140
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$83,931
Desktop Publishers
$45,760
KY statewide
$49,151
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
Louisville at a Glance
Metric
Value
Source
Regional Price Parity (US=100)
93.1 (below U.S. average)
BEA RPP 2024
Other Louisville-Area Cities With Web Design Programs
How many accredited web design schools are near Louisville, KY?
Our directory has 2 accredited schools offering web design programs near Louisville. The closest is Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Lexington, KY (62.9 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Mount St. Joseph University (84.2 miles). 2 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
What are the highest-paying web design roles near Louisville?
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying web design-related roles near Louisville are: Software Developers ($110,270), Art Directors ($87,570), Web Developers ($80,870). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Kentucky statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Should I look at programs in Jeffersontown instead of Louisville?
Jeffersontown, KY is 5.1 miles from Louisville and has its own set of local web design programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
How do I verify a program is accredited?
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Data verified: September 7, 2026.
Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
