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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee

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$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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Tennessee to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for ME majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the most popular school in Tennessee for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

Women make up 13% of the ME majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Tennessee Technological University is a great place 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.

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#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Vanderbilt University is a great place for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

Women make up 14% of the ME majors at the school.

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#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Memphis is a great place for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at University of Memphis

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools 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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