Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #7 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,369 degrees in engineering annually.
The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Engineering Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in engineering has to look into University of Kentucky. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #220 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were about 653 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year. After graduating, engineering degree recipients typically earn an average of $69,082 at the beginning of their careers.
University of Louisville is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in engineering. UofL is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Louisville. This university ranks 2nd out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 579 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the engineering program make an average of $75,183 in their early career salary.
Western Kentucky University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in engineering. WKU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bowling Green. This university ranks 6th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 91 engineering students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program report average early career income of $67,793.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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