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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,965 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$103,564 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Mechanical Engineering is the #17 most popular major in South Carolina with 715 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for ME 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Our 2023 rankings named Clemson University the best value school in South Carolina for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Clemson are $11,796 a year.

Clemson not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University Report

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 Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a very large student population.

UofSC graduate students pay an average of $14,134 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UofSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of South Carolina - Columbia Report

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,418
Virginia 947
North Carolina 918
Florida 2,254
Tennessee 603
Kentucky 391
Louisiana 453
Arkansas 280
Alabama 1,019
Mississippi 309
West Virginia 217

Mechanical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 28,844
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 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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