2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Mechanical Engineering is the 20th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 589 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,350 and $22,875 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 83 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in South Carolina (With Aid)

#1

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

$18,540 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Citadel Military College of South Carolina landed the #1 spot on the list. Charleston, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our south carolina master’s degree me students with aid list, The Citadel has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Citadel are $18,540, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at The Citadel

#2

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$73,075 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 59 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our south carolina master’s degree me students with aid list, Clemson has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Clemson University Mechanical Engineering Report

#3

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 ME Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. UofSC is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UofSC Mechanical Engineering Report

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

Credits

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

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