2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree School for You
Civil Engineering is the #41 most popular major in South Carolina with 310 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for civil eng students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Civil Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Clemson University the best value school in South Carolina for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clemson are $11,796 per year.
Clemson also took the #1 spot in our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. The Citadel is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Citadel are $10,890 per year.
The Citadel also took the #2 spot in our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.
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Out of the 3 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the # 3 spot on the list. UofSC is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofSC are $14,134 per year.
UofSC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list.
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Explore all the Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 446 |
| Virginia | 616 |
| North Carolina | 448 |
| Florida | 1,166 |
| Tennessee | 326 |
| Kentucky | 220 |
| Louisiana | 247 |
| Arkansas | 118 |
| Alabama | 461 |
| Mississippi | 193 |
| West Virginia | 112 |
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Majors Related to Civil Eng
One of 40 majors within the area of study, civil engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Civil Eng
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 12,811 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.
More about our data sources and methodologies.