2024 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Tennessee
8Colleges in Tennessee
253EE Degrees Awarded
Ranked #30 in popularity, electrical engineering is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for electrical engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 253 degrees in electrical engineering to qualified students.
The ee program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Electrical Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for electrical engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The ee school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Tennessee.
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Best Schools for Electrical Engineering in Tennessee
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the ee degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student pursuing a degree in electrical engineering needs to take a look at Vanderbilt University. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were about 37 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in electrical engineering has to check out The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Knoxville. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were approximately 69 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent data year.
Tennessee Technological University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the remote town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 20th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 54 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee Tech University in the most recent data year.
The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in electrical engineering. UT Chattanooga is a large public university located in the city of Chattanooga. This university ranks 16th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 33 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Chattanooga in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #748 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UofM is a great university overall.
There were about 26 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Memphis, Christian Brothers is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 19th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 8 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Christian Brothers in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Nashville, Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #577 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Lipscomb is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lipscomb in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Nashville, Tennessee State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 28th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 9 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee State University in the most recent data year.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The ee program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Electrical Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for electrical engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
