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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,123 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 153 degrees and certificates were awarded to chemical engineering students who went to a South Carolina college or university. This makes it the #70 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for chem eng students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

Check out the chem eng bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Our analysis found Clemson University to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in South Carolina. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Clemson are $15,558 a year. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $525.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Clemson is ranked #1 for overall quality for chem eng in South Carolina.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a very large student population.

UofSC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,688 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UofSC also made our Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 241
Virginia 231
North Carolina 245
Florida 377
Tennessee 265
Kentucky 140
Louisiana 242
Arkansas 81
Alabama 381
Mississippi 137
West Virginia 55

Chemical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 Mikulova.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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