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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,123 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,869 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

Chemical Engineering is the #80 most popular major in South Carolina with 15 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for chem 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. 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 Chemical Engineering Schools in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for chem eng majors pursuing a .

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC
$15,558 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Clemson University to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in South Carolina. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

Clemson undergraduate students pay an average of $15,558 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Clemson did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in South Carolina list.

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$12,688 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a very large student population.

UofSC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,688 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UofSC also made our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #3.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of South Carolina - Columbia Report

Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 37
Florida 68
Georgia 56
North Carolina 82
Tennessee 24
Kentucky 16
Louisiana 25
Alabama 35
Mississippi 4
Arkansas 6
West Virginia 3

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Chemical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Chem Eng

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

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 Mikulova.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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