2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 55,749 people earned their degree in general business/commerce, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 1,642 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,144 and $25,964 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 year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general business/commerce 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 general business/commerce 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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The general business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $30-$48k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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.

Full University of Kentucky General Business/Commerce Report

#2

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$4,582 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Cumberlands landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Cumberlands also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cumberlands are $4,582, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at University of the Cumberlands

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $30-$48k)

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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