2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in Kentucky” 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,067 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,401 and $24,684 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky” ranking, we looked at 4 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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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky bachelor’s degree engineering students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Kentucky

#1

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$11,390 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky list. This medium-sized school is located in Murray, Kentucky, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Murray State also made our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Murray State is $11,390 for kentucky bachelor’s degree engineering students.

Full Murray State Engineering Report

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$16,867 Average Net Price

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 Bachelor’s in Kentucky list. University of Louisville is a large public school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 413 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. It costs about $16,867 for Kentucky Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students per year to attend UofL.

Read more about Engineering at UofL

#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$17,127 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school handed out 497 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our kentucky bachelor’s degree engineering students list, UK has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UK is $17,127 for Kentucky Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Engineering at UK

#4

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#4 in overall quality

$11,962 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky list. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 116 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

WKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. The yearly cost to attend WKU is $11,962 for kentucky bachelor’s degree engineering students.

Read full report on Engineering at WKU

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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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

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