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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$22,053 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$83,900 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Mechanical Engineering is the #53 most popular major in Tennessee with 65 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for ME students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for ME majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Mechanical Engineering

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the city of Knoxville.

UT Knoxville graduate students pay an average of $13,380 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Knoxville is ranked #4 for overall quality for ME in Tennessee.

Full Mechanical Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Tennessee Technological University is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Tennessee Tech University is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Cookeville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tennessee Tech University are $11,762 per year.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University

#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Memphis. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UofM graduate students pay an average of $10,908 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of Memphis Report

#4

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

The excellent master’s degree programs at Vanderbilt University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in Tennessee. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

Vanderbilt graduate students pay an average of $52,162 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Vanderbilt did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 90
Florida 467
Georgia 312
North Carolina 215
Kentucky 61
Louisiana 12
Alabama 97
South Carolina 129
Mississippi 24
Arkansas 6
West Virginia 25

Mechanical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to ME

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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