The main focus area for this major is General Mechanical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Mechanical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Tennessee Technological University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in ME, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Tennessee Tech University was ranked #153 on College Factual's Best Schools for ME list. It is also ranked #3 in Tennessee.
Here are some of the other rankings for Tennessee Tech University.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Tennessee Tech University paid an average of $766 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $319 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $8,358 | $18,390 |
Fees | $1,278 | $1,278 |
Books and Supplies | $1,280 | $1,280 |
On Campus Room and Board | $8,850 | $8,850 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,400 | $5,400 |
Learn more about Tennessee Tech University tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Tennessee Tech University in ME walked away with an average of $19,000 in student debt. That is 17% lower than the national average of $22,913.
The median early career salary of ME students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Tech University is $66,274 per year. That is 7% higher than the national average of $61,915.
Tennessee Tech University does not offer an online option for its ME bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Tennessee Tech University Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in ME in 2019-2020, 8.6% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 16.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 9.9% of the ME bachelor’s degrees at Tennessee Tech University in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 28%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 8 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 127 |
International Students | 9 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Mechanical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Mechanical Engineering | 151 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to mechanical engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 2 |
Chemical Engineering | 61 |
Civil Engineering | 60 |
Computer Engineering | 19 |
Electrical Engineering | 60 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.