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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,965 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$139,530 Avg Salary

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

With 51 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, electrical engineering is the #43 most popular major in South Carolina.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for EE majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

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

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

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

Clemson graduate students pay an average of $11,796 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Clemson University

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. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

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 Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of South Carolina - Columbia Report

Best Value Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 182
Florida 528
Georgia 444
North Carolina 388
Tennessee 62
Kentucky 41
Louisiana 12
Alabama 55
Mississippi 17
Arkansas 27
West Virginia 13

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

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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