2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Electrical Engineering is the 26th most popular major in the country with 29,892 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Kentucky, there were 172 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. UK is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 7 doctorate’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Kentucky

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Louisville is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL also took the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Louisville Electrical Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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