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2023 Best Materials Engineering Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina

1 Ranked Colleges
59 Degrees Awarded
$42,100 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Materials Engineering

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Materials Engineering” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Materials Engineering is the 154th most popular major in the country with 3,415 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, materials engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $65,007 and had an average of $23,030 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 59 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,207 and $23,000 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great materials engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the materials engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Materials Engineering” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Materials Engineering

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Materials Engineering”.

Top 1 Best Materials Engineering Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina

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Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Materials Engineering that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 59 ’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Clemson also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 922 of the 26,406 students enrolled at Clemson were GI Bill® students, of which 429 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,920. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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