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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 200,458 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 235 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s 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. University of Kentucky is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 70 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UK Engineering Report

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Louisville is a large school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 161 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL also made our “Best Engineering Master’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 UofL are $27,575.

Full UofL Engineering Report

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