2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Tennessee

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Tennessee

#1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 doctorate’s EE degrees to qualified students.

Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’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 Vanderbilt are $50,624.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Southeast Region
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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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