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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical engineering programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee master’s degree me students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Tennessee (With Aid)

#1

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cookeville, Tennessee, this fairly large public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified masters’s ME students in 2019-2020.

Tennessee Tech University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 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 Tennessee Technological University are $20,498.

Full Tennessee Technological University Mechanical Engineering Report

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid. Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt

#3

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 22 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at UT Knoxville

#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 Getting Aid 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofM, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineering at UofM

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical 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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