2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 423 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,375 and $23,481 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The me 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 ME Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky”.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

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

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

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky list. University of Louisville is a large public school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 6 doctorate’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofL are $27,575, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at UofL

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky 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 handed out 9 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s ME students in 2019-2020.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216.

Full UK Mechanical Engineering Report

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

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