2025 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

a doctor's degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #4 out of 36 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 213 doctor's degrees in engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of engineering for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality engineering program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor'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

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Engineering in Tennessee

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

Top Tennessee Schools for a Doctorate in Engineering

1

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

55 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in engineering has to check out Vanderbilt University. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in engineering from Vanderbilt University

2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

113 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat The University of Tennessee - Knoxville if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in engineering. UT Knoxville is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.More information about a doctorate in engineering from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

3

Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

Tennessee Technological University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in engineering. Tennessee Tech University is a fairly large public university located in the town of Cookeville.More information about a doctorate in engineering from Tennessee Technological University

Best Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	499
Virginia	29	339
Georgia	28	416
Mississippi	28	59
South Carolina	28	131
North Carolina	26	381
Kentucky	26	64
Alabama	25	133
Louisiana	25	102
Arkansas	23	56
West Virginia	20	41

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	42
Electrical Engineering	29
Biomedical Engineering	21
Mechanical Engineering	19
Other Engineering	19
Materials Engineering	16
Nuclear Engineering	16
Civil Engineering	15
Chemical Engineering	13
Industrial Engineering	10

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	226
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	213
Physical Sciences	99
Mathematics & Statistics	33
Natural Resources & Conservation	8

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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes. More about our data sources and methodologies.