2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in South Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,258 people earned their degree in biomedical engineering, making the major the 75th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, biomedical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,234 and had an average of $23,170 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 228 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,650 and $23,409 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biomedical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biomedical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biomedical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in South Carolina

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified doctorate’s bio engineering students in 2019-2020.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Biomedical Engineering at Clemson

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Bio Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Biomedical Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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