2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences in Kentucky

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Computer & Information Sciences Major in Kentucky for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Computer & Information Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 254,454 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,893 and had an average of $27,324 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 7,460 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,776 and $23,364 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,257 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Computer & Information Sciences Major in Kentucky for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer and information sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in computer and information sciences.

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Most Well Attended Computer & Information Sciences Major in Kentucky for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky doctor’s degree computer & information sciences students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences in Kentucky

1

University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, Kentucky

#4 overall quality in Kentucky

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Computer & Information Sciences Major in Kentucky for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Cumberlands landed the #1 spot on the list. University of the Cumberlands is located in Williamsburg, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Computer & Information Sciences at University of the Cumberlands

2

University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

#1 overall quality in Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Computer & Information Sciences Major in Kentucky for a Doctorate. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s computer and information sciences degrees to 7 students 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Computer & Information Sciences at UK

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences in the Southeast Region
• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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