2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for EE for a Bachelor’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for EE for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Electrical Engineering is the 39th most popular major in the country with 28,844 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $74,380 and had an average of $24,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 178 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,484 and $22,248 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 137 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,941 and $26,734 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for EE for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for EE for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for EE for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kentucky

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for EE for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2020-2021.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 29,986 students enrolled at University of Kentucky were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Kentucky]](/colleges/university-of-kentucky/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

17 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for EE for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Louisville is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofL, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking.Of the 22,211 students enrolled at University of Louisville, 17 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,972. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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3

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky

847 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for EE for a Bachelor’s. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.

WKU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking.Among the 17,517 students enrolled at WKU, 847 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 345 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,743. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. WKU offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.