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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,965 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Civil Engineering is the #35 most popular major in South Carolina with 81 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. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Civil 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 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. 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 Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

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

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate 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 doctor’s degree. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

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

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

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great value for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

UofSC also took the #3 spot in our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 166
Florida 288
Georgia 108
North Carolina 143
Tennessee 73
Kentucky 58
Louisiana 32
Alabama 77
Mississippi 8
Arkansas 17
West Virginia 10

One of 39 majors within the area of study, civil engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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