by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in Kentucky” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Chemical Engineering is the 64th most popular major in the country with 12,690 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Kentucky, there were 140 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,023 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in Kentucky” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in chemical engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in chemical engineering.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in Kentucky” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in Kentucky”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in Kentucky list. University of Louisville is a large public school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 5 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Kentucky is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 87 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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