2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Tennessee (With Aid)

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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 161 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,900 and $15,576 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general 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 general engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Tennessee (With Aid)

#1

The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$18,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid list. UT Chattanooga is a public institution located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Chattanooga also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Chattanooga are $18,334, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

#2

Tennessee State University

Nashville, Tennessee

$20,860 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 6 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Tennessee State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tennessee State University are $20,860, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at Tennessee State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (With Aid)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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