2022 Best Value Master’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. 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 Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in chemical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great chemical engineering programs and 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 Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 4 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

$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 Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #0 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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