2024 Best General Engineering Schools in Tennessee
6Colleges in Tennessee
105Engineering Degrees Awarded
Ranked #96 in popularity, general engineering is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 105 degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 engineering 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 General Engineering Schools in Tennessee.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering degree levels they offer.
Vanderbilt University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the 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 roughly 10 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
Tennessee Technological University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 20th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 16 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee Tech University in the most recent data year.
The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga. A Best Colleges rank of #957 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Chattanooga is a great university overall.
There were about 23 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Chattanooga in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in general engineering needs to check out Christian Brothers University. Located in the large 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 roughly 6 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Christian Brothers in the most recent data year.
University of Memphis is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. 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 schools nationwide means UofM is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Nashville, Tennessee State University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 28th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 6 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee State University in the most recent data year.
Located in the remote town of Martin, UT Martin is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 31st out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 24 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Martin in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
