Tennessee Technological University, popularly known as Tennessee Tech, is an accredited public university located in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States, a city approximately 70 miles (110 km) east of Nashville.

It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (1915), and before that as University of Dixie, the name under which it was founded as a private institution in 1909.

It places special emphasis on undergraduate education in fields related to engineering and technology, although degrees in education, liberal arts, agriculture, nursing, and other fields of study can be pursued as well.

Additionally, there are graduate offerings in engineering, education, business, and the liberal arts.

It is operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents, and its athletic teams compete in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Return on Investment (ROI) is the benefit to an investor resulting from an investment of some resource.

A high ROI means the investment gains compare favorably to investment cost.

As a performance measure, ROI is used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of different investments.

In purely economic terms, it is one way of considering profits in relation to capital invested.

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities.

Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape.

Money is a magazine that is published by Time Inc. Its first issue was published in October 1972.

Its articles cover the gamut of personal finance topics ranging from investing, saving, retirement and taxes to family finance issues like paying for college, credit, career and home improvement.

It is well known for its annual list of "America's Best Places to Live." The magazine, along with Fortune, was a partner with sister cable network CNN in CNNMoney.com, an arrangement made after the discontinuation of the CNNfn business news channel in 2004.

In 2014, following the spin-off of Time Inc., the magazine's publisher, from CNN parent Time Warner, Money launched its own website, Money.com.

Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles to the professional practice of engineering.

It includes the initial education (Bachelor and or Masters degree) for becoming an engineer, and any advanced education and specializations that follow.

Engineering education is typically accompanied by additional post graduate examinations and supervised training as the requirements for a professional engineering license.

The length of education, and training to qualify as a basic professional engineer is typical 8–12 years with 15–20 years for an engineer that takes responsibility for major projects.