2025 Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Mechanical Engineering is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #29 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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for mechanical engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 49 master's degrees in mechanical 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 master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to mechanical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other mechanical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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 mechanical engineering students go into to obtain their master'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 mechanical engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for mechanical engineering students working on their master'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 Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Mechanical Engineering in Tennessee

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

Top Tennessee Schools for a Master's in ME

1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

23 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in mechanical engineering needs to check out The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

2

Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN

14 Annual Graduates

Tennessee Technological University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the remote town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	329
Georgia	190	251
Virginia	182	59
North Carolina	178	157
Alabama	151	73
Kentucky	147	49
Louisiana	147	6
South Carolina	146	102
Mississippi	145	24
Arkansas	121	6
West Virginia	112	25

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Rankings in Majors Related to ME

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

ME Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Mechanical Engineering	49

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Civil Engineering	69
General Engineering	59
Electrical Engineering	49
Industrial Engineering	36
Biomedical Engineering	29
Nuclear Engineering	29
Chemical Engineering	20
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	17
Materials Engineering	16
Environmental Engineering	11

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 Michel Villeneuve. More about our data sources and methodologies.