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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$13,605 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,629 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering 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 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 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 Schools in South Carolina

Check out the civil eng programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Civil Engineering

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Our analysis found Clemson University to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a degree in South Carolina. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a very large student population.

Clemson undergraduate students pay an average of $15,558 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, civil eng graduates from Clemson carry an average student debtload of $23,000. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $425.

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

Full Civil Engineering at Clemson University Report

$12,688 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of South Carolina - Columbia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in South Carolina. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UofSC are $12,688 a year. Civil Eng majors at UofSC take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

UofSC also claimed a spot on our Best Civil Engineering Schools in South Carolina list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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$12,570 Average Tuition & Fees

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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in South Carolina list. The Citadel is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.

The Citadel undergraduate students pay an average of $12,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Civil Eng majors at The Citadel take out an average of $26,304 in student loans while working on their egree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $499.

The Citadel did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Civil Engineering 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.

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