2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in South Carolina (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Chemical Engineering is the 66th most popular major in the country with 13,610 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, chemical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,963 and had an average of $22,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 148 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,600 and $23,774 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in chemical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the chemical engineering 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 Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina doctor’s degree chem eng students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in South Carolina (With Aid)

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified doctorate’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’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 University are $23,246.

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#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. UofSC is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 6 doctorate’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’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 UofSC are $30,160.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (With Aid)

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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