2025 Best General Civil Engineering Schools in South Carolina
3Colleges in South Carolina
308General Civil Engineering Degrees Awarded
General Civil Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #41 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for general civil engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 308 degrees in general civil engineering annually.
The general civil engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Civil Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall General Civil Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
General Civil Engineering Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Civil Engineering Schools in South Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Civil Engineering in South Carolina
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general civil engineering degree levels they offer.
Top South Carolina Schools in General Civil Engineering
Clemson University is a good option for students interested in a degree in general civil engineering. Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Clemson. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 170 general civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year.
University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great choice for students interested in a degree in general civil engineering. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were about 92 general civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available.
Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in general civil engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 4th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 45 general civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at The Citadel in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The general civil engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Civil Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall General Civil Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
