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Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

2023 Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$9,632 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,659 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 571 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, general engineering technology is the #11 most popular major in Tennessee.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Tennessee to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering tech majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Engineering Technology

Our analysis found Tennessee Technological University to be the best value school for general engineering technology students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Tennessee. Tennessee Tech University is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Cookeville.

Tennessee Tech University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,802 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, engineering tech graduates from Tennessee Tech University take out $21,903 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Tennessee Tech University also made our Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #1.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Middle Tennessee State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering technology schools in Tennessee. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.

Middle Tennessee State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,232 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, engineering tech graduates from Middle Tennessee State University take out $26,160 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means East Tennessee State University is a great value for general engineering technology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ETSU are $9,438 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, engineering tech majors at ETSU accumulate an average of around $27,740 in student debt.

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#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering technology schools in Tennessee. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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Best Value General Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 141
South Carolina 17
Arkansas 19
North Carolina 225
Florida 611
West Virginia 5
Louisiana 60
Virginia 98
Alabama 306
Kentucky 81
Mississippi 237

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, general engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Engineering Tech Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering Technology 3,685
Applied Engineering Technologies 156

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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