2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in South Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in general mechanical engineering, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States.

Across South Carolina, there were 589 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 83 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general mechanical 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 general mechanical 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 General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in South Carolina

#1

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

$18,540 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k list. Citadel Military College of South Carolina is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The Citadel, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Citadel Military College of South Carolina are $18,540, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at Citadel Military College of South Carolina

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 21 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia General Mechanical Engineering Report

#3

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 59 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Clemson General Mechanical Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

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