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2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
54 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value EE Schools for a Master's in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 30,670 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 314 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,475 and $21,240 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in electrical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electrical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee master’s degree ee students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Tennessee

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vanderbilt University is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 14 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s EE degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee master’s degree ee students whose families make $0-$30k list, UT Knoxville has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Electrical 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at UT Knoxville

#3

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Cookeville, Tennessee, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s EE students in 2019-2020.

Tennessee Tech University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tennessee Tech University are $20,498, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Tennessee Tech University

#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Memphis. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s EE students in 2019-2020.

UofM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofM are $14,202, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Memphis Electrical Engineering Report

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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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