2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in South Carolina

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in general mechanical engineering, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States.

Across South Carolina, there were 589 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general mechanical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering 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 Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina. Clemson University is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 7 doctorate’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at Clemson

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. UofSC is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 12 doctorate’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. 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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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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