Mechanical engineering at Tennessee Tech

Tennessee Tech graduates about 104 mechanical engineering majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 179th of 332 schools we score for mechanical engineering, a solid program at 49 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 53 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 72% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $84,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.91×). Research spending in the field runs about $7 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.