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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$12,273 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,613 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

Check out the civil eng master'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 Master's in Civil Engineering

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

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 suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clemson are $11,796 per year.

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 civil eng in South Carolina.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Clemson University

Out of the 3 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Citadel Military College of South Carolina landed the # 2 spot on the 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 made our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #2.

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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 fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofSC are $14,134 a 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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Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools 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

One of 40 majors within the area of study, civil engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.

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