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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,428 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Technology School for You

With 23 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering technology is the #170 most popular major in Tennessee.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to see which programs offered the best value experiences for ME tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Schools in Tennessee

Check out the ME tech programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

$4,456 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Pellissippi State Community College to be the best value school for mechanical engineering technology students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. Located in the large suburb of Knoxville, Pellissippi State Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pellissippi State Community College are $4,456 per year.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Pellissippi State Community College

$4,400 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Cleveland State Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering technology schools in Tennessee. Cleveland State Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Cleveland.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cleveland State Community College are $4,400 per year.

Full Mechanical Engineering Technology at Cleveland State Community College Report

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 56
Virginia 130
North Carolina 197
Florida 139
South Carolina 46
Louisiana 22
Arkansas 30
Alabama 31
Mississippi 0
West Virginia 184

Mechanical Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to ME Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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