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2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$33,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,564 people earned their degree in agricultural engineering, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agricultural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,175 and had an average of $22,449 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 30 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $23,624 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural engineering 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s AE students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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