2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Kentucky

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Mechanical Engineering is the 12th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Kentucky, there were 423 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general mechanical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general mechanical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The general mechanical engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky”.

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Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Kentucky

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 43 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UofL General Mechanical Engineering Report

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky list. UK is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 14 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’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 UK are $33,216.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at UK

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

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