by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 17,987 people earned their degree in computer engineering, making the major the 56th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, computer engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $73,143 and had an average of $24,685 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Carolina, there were 157 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,008 and $26,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in South Carolina” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in computer engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in South Carolina”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benedict College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in South Carolina. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s CE students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Claflin University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in South Carolina. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in South Carolina. University of South Carolina - Columbia is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s CE degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Computer Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bob Jones University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in South Carolina list. Located in Greenville, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s CE students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in South Carolina list. The Citadel is a small public school situated in Charleston, South Carolina. It awarded 0 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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