2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 electrical 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 electrical 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 electrical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

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

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

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky list. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s EE degrees to qualified students.

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

Full UK Electrical Engineering Report

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #2 spot on the list. UofL is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s EE degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofL, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at UofL

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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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