2025 Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

a bachelor's degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #6 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,630 bachelor's degrees in engineering to qualified students.

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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 engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 much debt engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Engineering in South Carolina

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top South Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Engineering

1

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

938 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in engineering needs to look into Clemson University. Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Clemson.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Clemson University

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

442 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in engineering needs to take a look at University of South Carolina - Columbia. UofSC is a very large public university located in the city of Columbia.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	34	3,071
Mississippi	34	1,098
Florida	34	6,344
Virginia	34	3,470
Alabama	33	3,013
Georgia	33	3,670
West Virginia	32	820
Tennessee	32	1,746
Kentucky	31	1,062
Louisiana	31	1,511
Arkansas	30	863

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	457
Civil Engineering	252
Industrial Engineering	183
Biomedical Engineering	166
Electrical Engineering	165
Chemical Engineering	124
Computer Engineering	95
Materials Engineering	31
Engineering Science	29
Environmental Engineering	28

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	2,489
Physical Sciences	354
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	288
Mathematics & Statistics	268
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences	185
Natural Resources & Conservation	174
Engineering Technologies	156
Architecture & Related Services	125

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes. More about our data sources and methodologies.