2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

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Engineering Technologies is the 19th most popular major in the country with 86,730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 1,292 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,400 and $15,911 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technologies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering technologies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina master’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in South Carolina

#1

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$18,540 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Citadel Military College of South Carolina landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, this small public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The Citadel, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The Citadel are $18,540.

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k list. Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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