2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 16,932 people earned their degree in computer engineering, making the major the 60th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, computer engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $68,762 and had an average of $25,829 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 111 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $16,221 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computer engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering in Tennessee

#1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 10 masters’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798.

Read more about Computer Engineering at UT Knoxville

#2

Lipscomb University

Nashville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$18,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Lipscomb University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 7 masters’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee master’s degree ce students list, Lipscomb has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lipscomb are $18,000.

Read more about Computer Engineering at Lipscomb

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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