2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Tennessee

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanical Engineering is the 20th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 672 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,100 and $21,044 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Tennessee

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s ME students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’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 Vanderbilt are $50,624.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt

#2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$87,309 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #2 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 22 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UT Knoxville Mechanical Engineering Report

#3

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$20,498 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee Technological University landed the #3 spot on the list. Cookeville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee master’s degree me students whose families make $30-$48k list, Tennessee Tech University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Mechanical 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 Tennessee Technological University are $20,498.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University

#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

$14,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 6 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UofM also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Memphis are $14,202.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at University of Memphis

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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 Michel Villeneuve.

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