2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Mechanical Engineering is the 20th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 589 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,350 and $22,875 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 ME Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in South Carolina

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k list. UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 doctorate’s ME degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofSC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at UofSC

#2

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 7 doctorate’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Clemson Mechanical Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

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