Louisville, KY (population: 556,482) has six engineering schools within its city limits. Sullivan College of Technology and Design, the highest ranked school in the city with an engineering program, has a total student population of 630. It is the 1591st highest ranked school in the USA and the 13th highest in the state of Kentucky (#1 is Centre College).
Engineering students from Louisville schools who go on to become engineers, audio engineers, aerospace engineers, automotive engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,412,730 people working as architecture and engineering employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $73,590. Also, Aerospace engineers make on average $96,270 per year and there are about 70,570 of them employed in the US today.
Louisville lies in Jefferson county, which is one of the 55 counties in Kentucky. Overall, the Louisville-Jefferson County-IN area has 593,940 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.7% unemployment rate, $19.22/hr average worker wage, and a $39,970 average annual salary.
Of the 6 engineering schools in Louisville, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Sullivan College of Technology and Design comes out as the most expensive ($23,638/yr) for engineering students, with Jefferson Community and Technical College as the lowest, reported at only $8,103/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Louisville |
| Jeffersonville | IN | - | 3 | 16.878 | 5 | 4.0 miles |
| New Albany | IN | - | 1 | 50.4945 | 53 | 6.4 miles |
| Hanover | IN | - | 1 | 62.3933 | 55 | 37.1 miles |
| Saint Catharine | KY | - | 1 | 13.7868 | 38 | 44.1 miles |
| Frankfort | KY | - | 1 | 45.3097 | 44 | 47.1 miles |
| Lexington | KY | 279,146 | 12 | 25.7509 | 248 | 70.7 miles |
| Florence | KY | - | 8 | 23.3148 | 213 | 80.8 miles |
| Crestview Hills | KY | - | 1 | 24.073 | 65 | 83.8 miles |
| Covington | KY | 43,469 | 3 | 25.6472 | 61 | 87.4 miles |
| Oakland City | IN | - | 1 | 58.4328 | 69 | 87.5 miles |
| Cincinnati | OH | 332,807 | 36 | 23.3732 | 744 | 92.0 miles |
| Bowling Green | KY | 56,941 | 5 | 29.5084 | 365 | 94.6 miles |
| Greenwood | IN | 50,562 | 2 | 33.0452 | 104 | 98.9 miles |
| Evansville | IN | 115,666 | 5 | 36.7615 | 255 | 99.4 miles |
| Somerset | KY | - | 1 | 14.9987 | 47 | 99.8 miles |