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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in Kentucky

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$8,669 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,766 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #17 most popular major in Kentucky with 843 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Technologies

#1

Madisonville Community College

Madisonville, KY
$4,488 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Madisonville Community College the best value school in Kentucky for engineering technologies students. Madisonville Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Madisonville.

Madisonville Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,488 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$9,752 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Eastern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in Kentucky. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public college with a large student population.

Eastern undergraduate students pay an average of $9,752 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, engineering tech graduates from Eastern carry an average student debtload of $36,380.

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$9,252 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Murray State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in Kentucky. Murray State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Murray.

Murray State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,252 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, engineering tech graduates from Murray State carry an average student debtload of $21,909.

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#4

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY
$10,392 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in Kentucky list. NKU is a large public school located in the large suburb of Highland Heights.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NKU are $10,392 a year. After completing their degree, engineering tech graduates from NKU carry an average student debtload of $26,969.

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$9,462 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Morehead State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in Kentucky. Morehead State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Morehead.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Morehead State University are $9,462 a year. On average, engineering tech graduates from Morehead State University take out $25,821 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#6

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY
$10,992 Average Tuition & Fees

Western Kentucky University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in Kentucky ranking. WKU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bowling Green.

WKU undergraduate students pay an average of $10,992 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, engineering tech majors at WKU accumulate an average of around $29,500 in student debt.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 2,073
West Virginia 451
Florida 1,539
Virginia 938
Arkansas 815
Mississippi 799
South Carolina 814
Louisiana 1,315
Alabama 2,165
Georgia 686
Tennessee 951

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,013
General Engineering Technology 4,676
Construction Engineering Technology 4,330
Quality Control Technology 3,824
Computer Engineering Technology 3,595
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,768
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,290
Energy Systems Technologies 1,256
Civil Engineering Technology 1,187
Engineering-Related Technologies 989
Mining & Petroleum Technology 445
Nuclear Engineering Technology 220
Nanotechnology 114

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

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