Mechanical Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

If you plan to study mechanical engineering, take a look at what The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Chattanooga is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and has a total student population of 11,728. Of the 2,139 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga in 2021, 65 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UT Chattanooga Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

UT Chattanooga Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at UT Chattanooga compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at UT Chattanooga is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	189

How Much Do ME Graduates from UT Chattanooga Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Chattanooga is $63,841. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at UT Chattanooga

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.

UT Chattanooga Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 65 students earned a bachelor's degree in ME from UT Chattanooga. About 8% of these graduates were women and the other 92% were men.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at UT Chattanooga are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga with a bachelor's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	51
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Chattanooga also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• General Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Chemical Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Mechanical Engineers	3,950	$87,990
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,300	$129,320
Cost Estimators	2,870	$63,770
Engineering Professors	610	$107,480
Aerospace Engineers	300	$88,180

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.