2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky master’s degree engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

$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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Kentucky is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 70 masters’s engineering 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 University of Kentucky are $33,216.

Full UK Engineering Report

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k list. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 161 students in 2019-2020.

UofL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofL are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering at University of Louisville

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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