2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 200,458 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 1,425 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,872 and $23,195 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $75-$110k) 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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school handed out 45 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

UK also made our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216.

Read full report on Engineering at UK

#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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 20 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575.

Full UofL Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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