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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Engineering for a Doctorate

1 Ranked Colleges
131 Degrees Awarded
$42,100 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Engineering for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Engineering for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

With 198,468 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,653 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 2,361 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,776 and $24,671 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Engineering for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina doctor’s degree vets studying engineering.

Top 1 Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina

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Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Engineering for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #1 spot on the list. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 81 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 922 of the 26,406 students enrolled at Clemson University were GI Bill® students, of which 429 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,920. On top of their other funding sources, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Clemson University]](/colleges/clemson-university/student-life/veterans/)

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