2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 13,314 people earned their degree in chemical engineering, making the major the 53rd most popular in the United States.

Across Kentucky, there were 170 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chemical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky master’s degree chem eng students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at UK

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 17 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at UofL

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (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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