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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$17,487 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,137 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

With 134 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general engineering is the #91 most popular major in Tennessee.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Engineering Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 General Engineering Schools in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Engineering Colleges.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in General Engineering

$9,802 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Tennessee Technological University the best value school in Tennessee for general engineering students. Tennessee Tech University is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Cookeville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tennessee Tech University are $9,802 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Tennessee Tech University is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Schools in Tennessee list.

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$9,848 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Schools in Tennessee list. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UT Chattanooga are $9,848 a year.

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#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN
$10,056 Average Tuition & Fees

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 General Engineering Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UofM are $10,056 per year.

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$9,912 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Tennessee - Martin is a great value for general engineering students. Located in the town of Martin, UT Martin is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

UT Martin undergraduate students pay an average of $9,912 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, engineering graduates from UT Martin carry an average student debtload of $26,875.

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#5

Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN
$8,336 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Tennessee State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in Tennessee. Tennessee State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Nashville.

Tennessee State University undergraduate students pay an average of $8,336 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN
$56,966 Average Tuition & Fees

Vanderbilt University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Engineering Schools in Tennessee ranking. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Vanderbilt are $56,966 per year.

Vanderbilt did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best General Engineering Schools in Tennessee list.

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$34,820 Average Tuition & Fees

Christian Brothers University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value general engineering programs. Christian Brothers is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Memphis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Christian Brothers are $34,820 a year.

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Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 170
Virginia 647
North Carolina 660
Florida 18
Kentucky 0
South Carolina 10
Louisiana 168
Arkansas 173
Alabama 225
Mississippi 264
West Virginia 84

General Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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 Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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