by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on EE Major in Kentucky” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on EE Major in Kentucky” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in electrical engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky ee students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on EE Major in Kentucky. This large school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 76 ’s EE degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on EE Major in Kentucky list. UK is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 75 ’s EE degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, 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%.
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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 Schools Highly Focused on EE Major in Kentucky. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s EE degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Cumberlands. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on EE Major in Kentucky list. University of the Cumberlands is located in Williamsburg, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s EE degrees to qualified students.
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