2025 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Electrical Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #13 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 doctor's degrees in electrical engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on electrical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of electrical engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt electrical engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized electrical engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for electrical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Electrical Engineering in Tennessee

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in electrical engineering.

Top Tennessee Schools for a Doctorate in EE

1

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

18 Annual Graduates

Vanderbilt University is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville.More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from Vanderbilt University

2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

19 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat The University of Tennessee - Knoxville if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	134
Virginia	127	64
Georgia	126	91
North Carolina	115	99
Mississippi	113	4
Louisiana	103	7
Alabama	98	20
South Carolina	91	16
Kentucky	87	10

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Electrical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Electrical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

EE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	37

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	34
Mechanical Engineering	33
Biomedical Engineering	24
Civil Engineering	21
Nuclear Engineering	16
Industrial Engineering	13
Chemical Engineering	12
Materials Engineering	10
Computer Engineering	6
Other Engineering	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 NASA. More about our data sources and methodologies.