If you plan on majoring in engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #7 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 2,312 degrees in engineering to qualified students.
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 Engineering Schools in South Carolina list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Clemson University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in engineering. Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Clemson.
Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program state that they receive average early career income of $75,979.
It is hard to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in engineering. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia.
Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program report average early career earnings of $71,973.
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).