2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Kentucky

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 “Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Business/Commerce is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 55,749 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Kentucky, there were 1,642 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general business/commerce programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Kentucky

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$4,582 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Cumberlands landed the #1 spot on the list. University of the Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Williamsburg, Kentucky. It awarded 4 doctorate’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Cumberlands did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cumberlands are $4,582, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of the Cumberlands General Business/Commerce Report

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general business degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce 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 Kentucky are $33,216.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at University of Kentucky

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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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