2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Tennessee

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Doctorate in Tennessee” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 ME Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

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

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

#1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 12 doctorate’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee doctor’s degree me students list, UT Knoxville has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on 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 ME Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. Vanderbilt University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 11 doctorate’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee doctor’s degree me students list, Vanderbilt has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’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 Vanderbilt University are $50,624.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt

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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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