2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 EE Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 30,670 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 172 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,233 and $23,100 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical 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 electrical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k 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 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s EE students in 2019-2020.

UK also took the #0 spot in our “Best Electrical 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 Electrical Engineering at University of Kentucky

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$81,333 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified masters’s EE students in 2019-2020.

UofL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at UofL

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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