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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$13,244 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

With 36 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #69 most popular major in Tennessee.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges.

Best Materials Engineering School

$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UT Knoxville undergraduate students pay an average of $13,244 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UT Knoxville also made our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 37
Florida 92
Georgia 59
North Carolina 30
Kentucky 2
Louisiana 8
Alabama 33
South Carolina 15
Mississippi 3
Arkansas 1
West Virginia 1

One of 39 majors within the area of study, materials engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Panoramedia.

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