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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,123 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,869 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to see which 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 Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC
$15,558 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Clemson University the best value school in South Carolina for chemical engineering students. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Clemson are $15,558 a year. After completing their degree, chem eng graduates from Clemson carry an average student debtload of $26,558. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $525.

Clemson not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in South Carolina list.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Clemson University

$12,688 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UofSC are $12,688 per year. While working on their degree, chem eng majors at UofSC accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UofSC also did well on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in South Carolina list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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 Colleges 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

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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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