2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Mechanical Engineering is the 12th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Tennessee, there were 672 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general mechanical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee doctor’s degree general mechanical engineering students.

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

#1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 doctorate’s general mechanical engineering degrees to qualified students.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Mechanical 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 UT Knoxville are $31,798.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at UT Knoxville

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 11 doctorate’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Vanderbilt University General Mechanical Engineering Report

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

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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