2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in Kentucky

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 6,505 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,675 and $13,710 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky doctor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Louisville is a large public school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 4 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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 UofL Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k)

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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