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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,490 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,653 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering School for You

With 58 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, civil engineering is the #46 most popular major in Kentucky.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value programs for civil eng 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for civil eng majors pursuing a .

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality in Civil Engineering

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY
$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the best value school in Kentucky for civil engineering students. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UK are $12,610 per year.

UK did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Civil Engineering Schools in Kentucky list.

Full Civil Engineering at University of Kentucky Report

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY
$12,370 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Louisville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in Kentucky. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UofL are $12,370 per year.

UofL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Civil Engineering Schools in Kentucky list.

Full Civil Engineering at University of Louisville Report

Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 166
Florida 288
Georgia 108
North Carolina 143
Tennessee 73
Louisiana 32
Alabama 77
South Carolina 81
Mississippi 8
Arkansas 17
West Virginia 10

One of 39 majors within the area of study, civil engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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