2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Kentucky

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 200,458 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 1,425 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,872 and $23,195 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 235 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky master’s degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 70 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Engineering Master’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 UK are $33,216.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Kentucky

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering 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 handed out 161 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

UofL also made our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #1. 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 Engineering at UofL

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