2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on EE Major in South Carolina

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on EE Major in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Electrical Engineering is the 39th most popular major in the country with 28,844 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $74,380 and had an average of $24,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 222 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,949 and $26,592 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,770 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on EE Major in South Carolina” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their electrical engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on EE Major in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina doctor’s degree ee students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in South Carolina

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Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

#1 overall quality in South Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on EE Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s EE degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Clemson Electrical Engineering Report

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University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina

#2 overall quality in South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on EE Major in South Carolina list. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s EE degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

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