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

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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” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in electrical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electrical engineering programs, but they also 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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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’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 Master’s in Tennessee. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 25 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #2 spot 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 UT Knoxville are $31,798.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Electrical Engineering Report

#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$14,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee list. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s EE students in 2019-2020.

UofM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofM are $14,202, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at UofM

#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 14 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Vanderbilt 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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