If you pursue a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #35 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of civil engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 229 bachelor's degrees in civil engineering to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Civil Engineering School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of civil engineering for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on civil engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of civil engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for civil engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized civil engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for civil engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Civil Engineering in South Carolina
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.
Top South Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Civil Eng
It's difficult to beat Clemson University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Located in the large suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a very large student population.
Soon after graduation, civil eng bachelor's recipients usually earn about $58,507 at the beginning of their careers.
It is difficult to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. UofSC is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
Bachelor's recipients from the civil engineering program at University of South Carolina - Columbia make $2,360 more than the standard graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a great decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Located in the city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public college with a small student population.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the civil eng program earn around $54,512 in their early career salary.
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).