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Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in South Carolina

2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$13,605 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,949 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #52 most popular major in South Carolina with 219 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for EE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Electrical Engineering

$12,570 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Citadel Military College of South Carolina the best value school in South Carolina for electrical engineering students. The Citadel is a small public school located in the midsize city of Charleston.

The Citadel undergraduate students pay an average of $12,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that EE majors at The Citadel take out is $27,025.

The Citadel also took the #5 spot in our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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$12,688 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in South Carolina list. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UofSC are $12,688 a year. After completing their degree, EE graduates from UofSC carry an average student debtload of $27,000.

In addition to its great value ranking, UofSC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in South Carolina list.

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#3

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public college with a very large student population.

Clemson undergraduate students pay an average of $15,558 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that EE majors at Clemson take out is $25,750. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $397, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

Clemson also made our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 838
Virginia 604
North Carolina 714
Florida 1,422
Tennessee 253
Kentucky 178
Louisiana 176
Arkansas 162
Alabama 396
Mississippi 144
West Virginia 102

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Civil Engineering 21,388
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 NASA.

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