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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$10,209 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,766 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #14 most popular major in Kentucky with 138 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 5 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering tech majors pursuing a .

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Technologies

$9,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Eastern Kentucky University to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a degree in Kentucky. Eastern is a large public school located in the distant town of Richmond.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern are $9,752 per year.

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$9,462 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Morehead State University is a great value for engineering technologies students. Located in the town of Morehead, Morehead State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Morehead State University are $9,462 a year.

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$9,252 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Murray State University is a great value for engineering technologies students. Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Murray State are $9,252 per year.

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#4

Western Kentucky University

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

Out of the 5 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WKU are $10,992 a year.

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#5

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY
$12,370 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UofL undergraduate students pay an average of $12,370 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UofL also made our Best Engineering Technologies Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at University of Louisville

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
Mississippi 3
Florida 358
Virginia 8
Tennessee 59
North Carolina 256
Georgia 79
West Virginia 69
Louisiana 61
South Carolina 51
Arkansas 468
Alabama 418

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering-Related Fields 4,838
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255
Computer Engineering Technology 179
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 145
Mechanical Engineering Technology 104
Nanotechnology 98
Energy Systems Technologies 95
Environmental Control Technology 89
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 43
Architectural Engineering Technology 39
Electronics Engineering Technology 39
Engineering-Related Technologies 15

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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