2024 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

If you plan on getting your master's degree in engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #6 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 468 master's degrees in engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Engineering Schools

The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Engineering in South Carolina

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in engineering.

Top South Carolina Schools for a Master's in Engineering

1

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

415 Annual Graduates

Clemson University is a great choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in engineering. Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Clemson.More information about a master’s in engineering from Clemson University

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

44 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you want to pursue a master's degree in engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in engineering from University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	34	119
Florida	34	1,999
Virginia	33	925
Georgia	32	1,186
Tennessee	32	317
North Carolina	31	1,237
Kentucky	31	206
West Virginia	30	117
Alabama	30	681
Louisiana	30	160
Arkansas	30	137

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Engineering	108
Mechanical Engineering	102
Civil Engineering	60
Industrial Engineering	58
Biomedical Engineering	51
Electrical Engineering	35
Environmental Engineering	19
Computer Engineering	14
Materials Engineering	11
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	3

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	235
Natural Resources & Conservation	80
Architecture & Related Services	65
Engineering Technologies	40
Mathematics & Statistics	39
Physical Sciences	33
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	29
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences	18

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes. More about our data sources and methodologies.