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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$13,700 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$103,564 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

With 391 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering is the #31 most popular major in Kentucky.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for ME students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the best value school in Kentucky for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UK are $13,674 a year.

UK did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

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#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Louisville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in Kentucky. UofL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Louisville.

UofL graduate students pay an average of $13,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UofL not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,418
Virginia 947
North Carolina 918
Florida 2,254
Tennessee 603
South Carolina 715
Louisiana 453
Arkansas 280
Alabama 1,019
Mississippi 309
West Virginia 217

One of 40 majors within the area of study, mechanical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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