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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

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 Schools in South Carolina ranking. 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.

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 Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Colleges.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Electrical Engineering

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC
$15,558 Average Tuition & Fees

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Clemson are $15,558 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Clemson is ranked #1 for overall quality for EE in South Carolina.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Clemson University

$12,570 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a great value for electrical engineering students. The Citadel is a small public school located in the city of Charleston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The Citadel are $12,570 a year.

The Citadel also took the #2 spot in our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in South Carolina rankings.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Citadel Military College of South Carolina

$12,688 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of South Carolina - Columbia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in South Carolina. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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

UofSC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in South Carolina list.

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 Schools 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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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