2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income Over $110k) in South Carolina

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making Over $110k” ranking.

With 200,458 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, engineering is the 6th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 2,284 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,611 and $23,728 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 123 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income Over $110k) in South Carolina

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making Over $110k. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 74 students in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 49 students in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income Over $110k)

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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