2022 Best Value Medicine 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 20,073 people earned their degree in medicine, making the major the 40th most popular in the United States.

Across Kentucky, there were 293 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 293 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in medicine. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medicine 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 medicine program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky.

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

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 157 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL also took the #2 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofL are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 136 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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