2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in Kentucky

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Civil Engineering is the 36th most popular major in the country with 20,913 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Kentucky, there were 207 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general civil engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky doctor’s degree general civil engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

UK also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Civil 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.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at UK

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Louisville is a large public school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 2 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofL are $27,575, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at University of Louisville

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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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