2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky

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Mechanical Engineering is the 20th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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 mechanical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky

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

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

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$83,388 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value ME 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. University of Louisville is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 masters’s ME degrees to qualified students.

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

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at University of Louisville

#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 ME Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky list. University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at UK

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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.

Credits

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

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